J.S. MILL ŞI FILOSOFIA SILOGISMULUI
J.S. MILL ŞI FILOSOFIA SILOGISMULUI

Summary/Abstract: The introductory remarks of this paper insist on clearly delineating the nature of the problem dealt with by Mill in discussing the “function and value” of the syllogism. Some main objections to his original interpretation of the syllogism are surveyed thereafter and generally found wanting in point of logical accuracy. The author signals out, inter alia, that while Millʹs attack against the conventional description of the syllogism is indeed reminiscent of those found earlier in Skeptics, calling skeptical his own attitude in this matter is rather inappropriate in view of his general turn of mind in epistemology. If, after all, his conclusions on what is ʹreallyʹ going on in syllogistic reasoning strike one as far‐fetched, this is not to be put on account of some specific flaw in his argument, but is perhaps imputable to the untenability of a consistent empiricism in general.

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