Works
- A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive, 1843
- On Liberty, 1859
- Utilitarianism, Fraser's Magazine; as a book, 1863, 1861
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A British philosopher and economist. His System of Logic sets out the canons of experimental inquiry, the methods of agreement, difference, residues, and concomitant variation, in Book III, chapter 8; On Liberty argues that you do not know your own view until you know the strongest form of the opposing one; Utilitarianism defends judging acts by their consequences for happiness.