The logical systematist: George Bentham and his Outline of a new system of logic

Archives of Natural History

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 203-223

  McOuat, Gordon ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

essentialism; Jeremy Bentham; logic; utilitarianism

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649400390     PISSN: 02609541     EISSN: 17556260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3366/anh.2003.30.2.203     Document Type: Article

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