Colophon

pp v-vi

ADVERTISEMENT

pp vii-xxxviii

A SYNOPSIS OF SCIENCE

pp 1-2

BOOK I

SECTION I - THE END OF THE PROPOSED ENQUIRY

pp 2-4

SECTION II - THE INSTRUMENTS AVAILABLE IN PROSECUTING THE ENQUIRY

pp 4-8

SECTION III - THE OBJECTS ABOUT WHICH THE ENQUIRY IS CONCERNED

pp 8-14

SECTION IV - COMPLETING THE TOPIC OF THE PRE-REQUISITES OF REASONING

pp 14-16

SECTION V - OF PROPOSITIONS, NOT FAMILIAR, THAT MAY BE EMPLOYED IN REASONING WITHOUT REQUIRING TO BE EACH TIME DEMONSTRATED

pp 16-19

SECTION VI - THE METHOD OF ARGUMENTATIVE EXPOSITION

pp 19-24

SECTION VII - CONCLUDING THE TOPIC OF DEMONSTRATION

pp 24-25

THE SECOND DIURNAL PORTION: SECTION VIII - THE TOPIC OF CONTROVERSY

pp 25-27

SECTION IX - OF FALLACIES, OR WHAT ONLY LOOK LIKE REASONS, BY MEANS OF WHICH A MAN MAY DECEIVE HIMSELF OR ANOTHER

pp 27-30

SECTION X - OF THE TRICKS EMPLOYED BY THE DISHONEST DISPUTANT TO THWART THE OTHER PARTY

pp 30-33

SECTION XI - OF FUTILE OBJECTIONS AND HOPELESS STUPIDITY

pp 33-34

BOOK II

SECTION I - OF THE FIVE SENSES

pp 35-37

SECTION II - OF THE OBJECTS OF THE SENSES

pp 38-42

SECTION III - OF MATTER, OR THAT THE QUALITIES OF WHICH FURNISH THE OBJECTS OF THE SENSES

pp 42-43

SECTION IV - OF THE FACTS OF ASTRONOMY

pp 43-47

SECTION V - OUTLINES OF GEOGRAPHY

pp 47-56

SECTION VI - OF MATTER AND MOTION

pp 56-66

SECTION VII - OF MOTION AND REST

pp 67-76

SECTION VIII - PHENOMENA OF SOLIDS

pp 76-80

SECTION IX - HYDROSTATICS

pp 81-83

SECTION X - PNEUMATICS

pp 83-87

SECTION XI - ACOUSTICS

pp 87-89

SECTION XII - OF THE IMPONDERABLES, HEAT, ELECTRICITY, and c

pp 89-93

SECTION XIII - OPTICS

pp 93-104