Whately, Richard. Elements of Logic : comprising the Substance of an Article in the Encyclopedia Metropolitana, with additions, Etc. New York: Sheldon & Company, c. 1880. New Edition - Revised by the Author. [11592]
Black cloth, small pull top of spine, rest good with good joints, 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches, tight. End papers have publisher's adverts for text books. xl, 443 clean pp., several pp. of adverts. Good. Hardcover.
No date, a later printing c. 1880.
"Whatley’s conception of logic depended on two principles. The first was that logic was (or should be) a science, based on clear theoretical principles. The lack of theory explained logic’s lack of progress and left it open to criticism. The second was that logic was about language, not thought. This meant that criticisms such as Locke’s were beside the point. The syllogism is not a particular form of argument but a formal device for the expression of any argument. Diderot had said logic was like dissecting a leg to lean how to walk; for Whately it was like chemical analysis of a compound to determine what it was made of." - C. M. Barry, Irish Philosophy dot com.
Richard Whately, D.D. (1787-1863), b. London, England; d. Dublin, Ireland. He was "an eminent Anglican prelate and writer" who through his books and letters gained a reputation as a sound thinker. In 1831 he was made bishop of Dublin. He was friendly towards the persons, but stood firm against the teachings of the Tractarian movement, "and with more special reference to the material doctrines and theories involved in the hurricane of controversy with which the Church was assailed, he issued in 1841 a truly admirable work, The Kingdom of Christ Delineated." - M'Clintock and Strong.
