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Soflcover reprint of the hardcover 1st Edition 1973 No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by print, photoprint, microillm, or any other means, without written permission from the publisher x EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION Evidently, Zinov'ev's conception of logic is opposed to certain intellectual trends of contemporary logic and methodology of science. He ruefully contrasts the insignificance of many problems treated in the standard methodology of science with the grandiosity of methodological claims, and with the tendency to apply methodological formulations beyond their domain. And he is critical of the misuse of deductive logic and the accepted formulations of the methodology of natural science in social-scientific investigations.A. A. Zinov'ev foresees fruitful applications of his conception of 'complex logic' throughout methodological investigations into the natural and the social sciences, and in the theory of values as well, but he also sees the need for extensive further work in pure logic. We warmly anticipate his ongoing investigations.

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