CONTENTS. 



BOOK VI. 



ON THE LOGIC OF THE MOEAL SCIENCES. 



Chapter I. 

 Introductory Remarks, 



SEG. PAGE 



I. The backward sfcite of the Moial 

 Sciences can only be remedied 

 by applying to them the methods 

 of Physical Science, duly ex- 

 tended and genei-alisod . . . . 545 



3. How far this can be attemi^ted in 



the present work 546 



Chapter II. 

 Of Liberty and Xecessity. 



1. Are human actions subject to the 



law of causality ? 547 



2. The doctrine commonly called 



Philosophical Necessity, in what 

 sense true 547 



3. Inappropriateness and pernicious 



effect of the term Necessity . . 549 



4. A motive nob always the antici- 



pation of a pleasure or u pain . . 551 



Chapter III. 



That there is, or may be, a Science of 

 Human Nature. 



1. There may be sciences which are 



not exact sciences 552 



2. To what scientific type the Science 



of Human Nature corresponds . . 553 



Chapter IV. 

 Of the Laics of Mind. 



What is meant by Laws of Mind. , 



Is there a Science of Psychology ? 



The principal investigations of 

 Psychology characterised 



Relation of nienttd facts to physi- 

 cal conditions 



555 

 555 



557 



Chapter V. 



Of Ethology, or the Science of the For- 

 mation of Character. 



1. The Empirical Laws of Human 



Nature 562 



2. — are merely approximate genera- 



lisations. The universal laws 

 are those of the formation of 

 character . , 563 



3. The laws of the formation of char- 



acter cannot be ascertained by 



obNcrvation and experiment .. 564 



4. — but must be studied deductively 567 



5. The principles of Ethology are the 



axiomata media of mental science 568 



6. Ethology characterised . • . . 570 



Chapter VI. 



General Considerations on the Social 

 Science. 



1. Are Social Phenomena a subject of 



Science? .. 571 



2. Of what nature the Social Science 



must be 



572 



Chapter VII. 



Of the Chemical, or Experimental 

 Method in the Social Science. 



1. Characters of the mode of thinking 



which deduces political doctrines 

 from specific experience . . , . 573 



2. In ttie Social Science experiments 



are impossible . . . . . . 574 



3. — the Method of Difference in- 



ajjplicable 575 



4. — and the Methods of Agreement 



and of Concomitant Variations 

 inconclusive .. .. ., 576 



5. The Method of Residues also in- 



conclusive, and presupposes De- 

 duction 577 



Chapter VIII. 

 Of the Geometrical, or Abstract Method. 

 I. Characters of this mode of think- 

 of the Geometrical 

 the 



ing 



2. Examples 



Method 



3. The interest-philosoi^hy of 



Bentham School . . 



578 

 579 

 580 



Chapter IX. 



Of the Physical, or Concrete Deductive 

 Method. 



1. The Direct and Inverse Deductive 



Metlinds 583 



2. Difficulties of the Direct Deductive 



ilethod in the Social Science . . 585 



3. To wliat extent the ditferent 



branches of sociolo„dcal specu- 



