Logic, or, The right use of reason in the inquiry after truth : with a variety of rules to guard against error in the affairs of religion and human life, as well as in the sciences / by Isaac Watts (Still Image)

Logic, or, The right use of reason in the inquiry after truth : with a variety of rules to guard against error in the affairs of religion and human life, as well as in the sciences / by Isaac Watts

Watts, Isaac, 1674-1748

285 p. 19 cm

2nd American ed

The author, Isaac Watts (1674 – 1748) was an English Christian hymnwriter, theologian and logician. He was recognized as the "Father of English Hymnody", credited with some 750 hymns.

This volume, a textbook on logic, was a particularly popular work. First published in 1724, it was printed in twenty editions.  

Watts wrote this work for beginners of logic, and arranged the book methodically. He divided the content of his elementary treatment of logic into four parts: perception, judgement, reasoning, and method, which he treated in this order. Throughout Logic, Watts revealed his high conception of logic by stressing the practical side of logic, rather than the speculative side. According to Watts, as a practical art, logic can be really useful in any inquiry, whether it is an inquiry in the arts, or inquiry in the sciences, or inquiry of an ethical kind. Watts' emphasis on logic as a practical art distinguishes his book from others. The book became the standard text on logic at Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard and Yale, being used at Oxford for well over 100 years.
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Logic

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Newburyport : Printed by W. Barrett, for Thomas and Andrews, July, 1796

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