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Origins Origins
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The Principles of Empirical or Inductive Logic The Principles of Empirical or Inductive Logic
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Foundations of Logic Foundations of Logic
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Inductive and Deductive Logic Inductive and Deductive Logic
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The Scientific and the Practical Attitude The Scientific and the Practical Attitude
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“Science and Common Thought” (1889) “Science and Common Thought” (1889)
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The Cambridge Legacy of Venn’s Philosophy The Cambridge Legacy of Venn’s Philosophy
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A Final Attempt A Final Attempt
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Abstract
The 1880s were Venn's most productive decade as a logician, as he published Symbolic Logic, the much-expanded third edition of the Logic of Chance, and what would be his final book on logic, the 600-page Principles of Empirical or Inductive Logic. Venn's aim in Principles was to provide a systematic account of the so-called scientific outlook on logic, which he described to Galton as standing somewhere between Mill and Jevons. The result was a certain kind of conventionalism vis-a-vis the foundations of logic, mixed with a rather diffuse philosophical outlook on broader themes, one combining elements of pragmatism, idealism, and evolutionary thinking. While the book itself was widely considered a failure, it did play a crucial role as part of the local historical background of Cambridge analytical philosophy. Indeed, through intermediary figures such as W.E. Johnson and C.D. Broad, Venn's books continued to be read and studied at Cambridge throughout the first decades of the twentieth century.
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