John Stuart Mill

Political philosopher and logician. The System of Logic is the long form; On Liberty and Utilitarianism are the short.

Works

• 1843

  Treatise

  A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive

  Mill's two-volume work on logic and method. Argues that all real inference is from particulars to particulars, and that the syllogism merely registers a generalisation already inductively achieved.