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José Emilio Esteban Enguita
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Spain
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Vol 19 No 1-2 (2012), Utilitarismo clásico, pages 25-44
Submitted: 12-02-2013 Accepted: 21-11-2013 Published: 21-11-2013
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This article aims to present the fundamental features of J.St. Mill’s epistemological works, especially his work A System of Logic. In particular, it aims to show, first, the novelty of this work in relation to the development of a logic of the "moral sciences" as J.St. Mill called it (logic that we understand today as methodology of social science), and secondly, the influence and importance of the epistemological and methodological reflections of the English philosopher in the second half of the nineteenth century. Finally, I try to bring to light, emphatically, both the indissoluble link between logic and ethics in his philosophy and the deep moral motivation of his theoretical philosophy.

DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.15304/t.19.1-2.947

 

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