Chapter II: Book III: Induction

I. Preliminary Observations on Induction in general 53

II. Inductions improperly so called 54

III. The ground of Induction 57

IV. Laws of Nature 58

V. The Law of Universal Causation 60

VI. The Composition of Causes 66

VII. Observation and Experiment 67

VIII. & Note to IX. The Four Methods of Experimental
Enquiry 69

X. Plurality of Causes, and intermixture of Effects 73

XI. The Deductive Method 76

XII. & XIII. The Explanation and Examples of the Explanation
of Laws of Nature 77

XIV. The Limits to the Explanation of Laws of Nature;
and Hypotheses 79

XV. Progressive Effects, and continued Action of
Causes 81

XVI. Empirical Laws 83

XVII. Chance, and its Elimination 85

XVIII. The Calculation of Chances 87

XIX. The Extension of Derivative Laws to Adjacent Cases 89

XX. Analogy 91

XXI. The Evidence of the Law of Universal Causation 92

XXII. Uniformities of Coexistence not dependent on Causation 94

XXIII. Approximate Generalisations, and Probable Evidence 96

XXIV. The remaining Laws of Nature 99

XXV. The grounds of Disbelief 103

BOOK IV.

OPERATIONS SUBSIDIARY TO INDUCTION.

I. Observation and Description 107

II. Abstraction, or the Formation of Conceptions 108

III. Naming as Subsidiary to Induction 111

IV. The Requisites of a Philosophical Language, and the
Principles of Definition 112

V. The Natural History of the Variation in the Meaning
of Terms 115

VI. Terminology and Nomenclature 117

VII. Classification, as Subsidiary to Induction 121

VIII. Classification by Series 124

BOOK V.

FALLACIES.

I. Fallacies in general 127

II. Classification of Fallacies 128

III. Fallacies of Simple Inspection; or, a priori Fallacies 130

IV. Fallacies of Observation 134

V. Fallacies of Generalisation 137

VI. Fallacies of Ratiocination 141

VII. Fallacies of Confusion 143

BOOK VI.

ON THE LOGIC OF THE MORAL SCIENCES.

I. Introductory Remarks 148

II. Liberty and Necessity 148

III. There is, or may be, a Science of Human Nature 150

IV. The Laws of Mind 151

V. Ethology, or the Science of the Formation of Character 153

VI. General Considerations on the Social Science 155

VII. The Chemical, or Experimental, Method in the Social
Science 156

VIII. The Geometrical, or Abstract Method 157

IX. The Physical, or Concrete Deductive Method 158

X. The Inverse Deductive, or Historical Method 161

XI. The Logic of Practice, or Art; including Morality
and Policy 165

ANALYSIS OF MILL'S LOGIC.