CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER III. 



That there is, or may be, a Science of Human 

 Nature. 

 § 1. There may be sciences which are 



not exact sciences . . . 527 



2. To what scientific type the Science 

 of Human Nature corresponds . 528 



CHAPTER IV. 



Of the Laws of Mind 

 ^ 1. What is meant by Laws of Mind? . 530 



2. Is there a science of Psychology ? . ib. 



3. The nrincipal investigations of Psy- 



chology characterized . . . 532 



4. Relation of mental facts to physical 



conditions 534 



CHAPTER V. 



Of Ethology, or the Science of the Formation of 

 Character. 



^ 1. The Empirical Laws of Human 



Nature 537 



2. — are merely approximate generali- 



zations. The universal laws are 

 those of the formation of char- 

 acter 538 



3. The laws of the formation of char- 



acter cannot be ascertamed by 

 observation and experiment . . 540 



4. — but must be studied deduc- 



tively 542 



5. The Principles of Ethology are 



the axiomata media of mental 

 science 544 



6. Ethology characterized . . .545 



CHAPTER VL 



General considerations on the Social Science. 



^ 1. Are Social Phenomena a subject of 



Science '! 547 



2. Of what nature the Social Science 

 must be 548 



CHAPTER VJ 



Of the Chemical, or Experimental Method m 

 the Social Science. 

 ^ \. Characters of the mode of thinking 

 which deduces political doctrines 

 from specific experience . . 550 



2. In the Social Science experiments 



are impossible .... 551 



3. — the Method of Diflference inap- 



plicable 552 



4. — and the Methods of Agreement, 



and of Concomitant Variations, 

 inconclusive 553 



5. The Method of Residues presup- 



poses Deduction . . . .554 



CHAPTER Vm. 



Of the Geometrical, or Abstract Method. 

 ^ 1 . Characters of this mode of thinking 555 



2. Examples of the Geometrical 



Method 557 



3. The interest-philosophy of the Ben- 



tham School 16. 



CHAPTER IX. 



Of the Physical, or Concrete Deductive Method. 

 ^ 1. The Direct and Inverse Deductive 



Methods 561 



2. Difficulties of the Direct Deductive 



Method in the Social Science . 563 



3. To what extent the diflerent 



branches of sociological specula- 

 tion can be studied apart. Po- 

 litical Economy characterized . 565 



4. Political Ethology, or the science 



of national character . . . 569 



5. The Empirical Laws of the Social 



Science 570 



6. The Verification of the Social 



Science 572 



CHAPTER X. 



Of the Inverse Deductive, or Historical Method. 



I) 1. Distinction between the general 

 Science of Society, and special 

 sociological inquiries . . . 574 



2. What is meant by a State of Society ib. 



3. The Progressiveness of Man and 



Society 575 



4. The laws of the succession of states 



of society can only be ascertained 

 by the Inverse Deductive Method 577 



5. Social Statics, or the science of the 



Coexistences of Social Phe- 

 nomena . . . . . . 578 



0. Social Dynamics, or the science of 

 the Successions of Social Phe- 

 nomena 583 



7. Outlines of the Historical Metlwd . 584 



8. Future prospects of Sociological 



inquiry 686 



CHAPTER XL 



Of the Logic of Practice, or Art ; including 

 Morality and Policy, 

 {) 1. Morality not a Science, but an Art . 588 



2. Relation between rules of art and 



the theorems of the corresponding 

 science ib. 



3. What is the proper function of rules 



of art? 589 



4. Art cannot be Deductive . . . 590 



5. Art consists of the truths of Science, 



arranged in the order suitable for 

 practical use 591 



6. Application of the preceding princi- 



ples to Morality . . . .592 



7. Conclusion 593 



