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  THE ART OF
  LOGICAL THINKING

  OR

  THE LAWS OF REASONING

  By WILLIAM WALKER ATKINSON


  L.N. FOWLER & COMPANY
  7, Imperial Arcade, Ludgate Circus
  London, E.C., England

  1909
  THE PROGRESS COMPANY
  CHICAGO, ILL.




  Copyright 1909
  By
  THE PROGRESS COMPANY
  Chicago, Ill., U.S.A.




CONTENTS


      I. Reasoning                            9

     II. The Process of Reasoning            17

    III. The Concept                         25

     IV. The Use of Concepts                 37

      V. Concepts and Images                 48

     VI. Terms                               56

    VII. The Meaning of Terms                73

   VIII. Judgments                           82

     IX. Propositions                        90

      X. Immediate Reasoning                 99

     XI. Inductive Reasoning                107

    XII. Reasoning by Induction             116

   XIII. Theory and Hypotheses              125

    XIV. Making and Testing Hypotheses      132

     XV. Deductive Reasoning                144

    XVI. The Syllogism                      156

   XVII. Varieties of Syllogisms            167

  XVIII. Reasoning by Analogy               179

    XIX. Fallacies                          186




CHAPTER I.

REASONING


"Reasoning" is defined as: "The act