PART 1 LANGUAGE AND LOGIC 1
1 Disputes:Verbal and Otherwise 3
2 The Meaning of"Meaning" 15
3 Ambiguity 45
4 The Uses of Language 64
5 The Definition of"Definition" 85
PART 2 DEDUCTIVE LOGIC 121
6 Logic and Argument 123
7 Syllogisms,Propositions,and Terms 149
8 The Analysis of Categorical Syllogisms 170
9 Semantics and the Syllogism 198
10 The Syllogism and Everyday Discourse 219
11 The Relations Among Propositions 238
12 Compound and Complex Propositions and Syllogisms 264
13 The Dilemma 297
PART 3 THE LOGIC OF TRUTH:SCIENTIFIC METHODOLOGY 307
14 Truth and Probability 309
15 Hypotheses and Scientific Method 340
16 Cause and Effect:the"Experimental Methods" 379
17 The Nature of Inductive Reasoning 415
18 Statistics 443
19 Logic and Evaluations 473
Index 491