Abstract
THE primary necessity for logic, as Dr. W. E. Johnson conceives that science, whether it be formal or applied, is to be able to invent for its categories absolutely precise descriptive terms with unambiguous meanings, so that thought shall be rigidly fixed in its expression before it sets to work. For logic, in his view, has meticulous work to do in its analysis and criticism of thought. In the two parts of the work previously issued, logic has been treated as a purely formal science; in Part III. it is applied. In it Dr. Johnson deals with the foundations of science, and therefore with the points at which logic passes into metaphysics and comes into relation with philosophy generally, with ontology particularly.
Logic.
By Dr. W. E. Johnson. Part 3: The Logical Foundations of Science. Pp. xxxvi + 192. (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1924.) 12s. 6d. net.
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CARR, H. Logic. Nature 113, 522–523 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/113522a0
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