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" The uniformity in the succession of events, otherwise called the law of causation, must bo received not as a law of the universe, but of that portion of it only which is within the range of our means of sure observation, with a reasonable degree of extension... "
A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive: Being a Connected View of ... - Page 340
by John Stuart Mill - 1859 - 600 pages
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The Intuitions of the Mind Inductively Investigated

James McCosh - 1860 - 512 pages
...uniformity in the succession of events, otherwise called the law of causation, must be received not as the law of the universe, but of that portion of it only...reasonable degree of extension to adjacent cases." I freely admit all this in regard to the order observable everywhere in our Cosmos ; there may or may...
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Tracts for Priests and People, Volume 1

1861 - 414 pages
...to them ? 1 " The uniformity in the course of events, otherwise called the law of causation, must be received, not as a law of the universe, but of that...with a reasonable degree of extension to adjacent oases."—See Mill's Logic, vol. ii. pp. 117, 11S. 8. Of course. W. Then your answer, " I do not need...
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Tracts for Priests and People, Volume 1

1861 - 394 pages
...to them ? 1 " The uniformity in the course of events, otherwise called the law of causation, must be received, not as a law of the universe, but of that...portion of it only which is within the range of our meana of sure observation, with a reasonable degree of extension to adjacent cases."— See Mill's...
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Histoire de la littérature anglaise: Les contemporains

Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1864 - 516 pages
...uniformity in the succés sion of events, otherwise called the law of causalion, must be received not as law of the universe, but of that portion of it only...without evidence, and to which, in the absence of any grouad from experience for estimating its degree of probability, it would be idle to attempt to assign...
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Le positivisme anglais: étude sur Stuart Mill

Hippolyte Taine - 1864 - 176 pages
...planet. The uniformity in Ihe succession of events, othenvise called the law of causation, must be received not as a law of the universe, but of that...degree of extension to adjacent cases. To extend it furiher is to make a supposition without evidence, and to which, in the absence of any ground from...
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Histoire de la littérature anglaise: Les contemporains

Hippolyte Taine - 1864 - 514 pages
...uniformity in the succession of events, otherwise called the law of causalion, must be received not as law of the universe, but of that portion of it only...observation, with a reasonable degree of extension to adj inent cases. To extend it further is to niake a supposition without evidence, and to which, in...
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M. Thackeray: Review of Taine's Critical Study of Thackeray. Cut from ...

Hippolyte Taine - 1866 - 44 pages
...in the succession of events— otherwise called the Law of Causation—must be received not аз the law of the universe, but of that portion of it only...degree of extension to adjacent cases. To extend it farther is to make a supposition without evidence, and to which, in the absence of any ground from...
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An Examination of Mr. J.S. Mill's Philosophy: Being a Defence of Fundamental ...

James McCosh - 1866 - 424 pages
...planet. " The uniformity in the succession of events, otherwise " called the law of causation, must be received not as a " law of the universe, but of that...only " which is within the range of our means of sure ob" servation, with a reasonable degree of extension to " adjacent cases." In this passage he identifies...
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The Dublin Review, Volume 8; Volume 60

Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1867 - 616 pages
...Consequently, " the uniformity in the succession of events," and generally of phenomena, " must be received, not as a law of the universe, but of that...within the range of our means of sure observation." (Conclusion of c. 21.) The present issue, then, is reduced to one which would appear very narrow and...
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The method of the divine government, physical and moral

James McCosh - 1867 - 574 pages
...history of the worw before it was established, and that even now we are not entitled to receive it " M s law of the universe, but of that portion of it only which is within the range of our means of observation, with a reasonable degree of extension to adjacent cases. (§ 5.) Now, all this is true...
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