A New Law of Thought and its Logical Bearings

In this book, originally published in 1911, Emily Elizabeth Constance Jones argues for the existence of another fundamental law of thought.

E. E. Constance Jones (Author)

9781107626652, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 16 April 2015

86 pages
19.8 x 13 x 0.5 cm, 0.2 kg

Emily Elizabeth Constance Jones (1848–1922) was an English logician and contemporary of Bertrand Russell, as well as Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge. In this book, originally published in 1911, she argues for the existence of another fundamental law of thought to join the Law of Contradiction and the Law of Excluded Middle: the Law of Significant Assertion. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in logic or in Jones' work.

Introductory statement
Statement of the case
Fallacies
Definitions of certain terms.

Subject Areas: Philosophy: logic [HPL]