| 1848 - 544 pages
...does not, indeed, seem to satisfy even our author, in its practical working. " Why," says he, " is a single instance, in some cases, sufficient for a...exception, known or presumed, go such a very little way toward establishing an universal proposition ? Whoever can answer this question knows more of the philosophy... | |
| John Stuart Mill - 1858 - 666 pages
...earth not fully explored, he had caught and examined a crow, and had found it to be gray. ; Why is a single instance, in some cases, sufficient for a...way towards establishing an universal proposition 1 Whoever can answer this question knows more of the philosophy of logic than the wisest of the ancients,... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1859 - 140 pages
...enumerationem ; lud in what consists the characteristic distinction between it and the Baconian method ? Why is a single instance, in some cases, sufficient for a...instances, without a single exception known or presumed, go a very little way towards establishing a universal proposition ? Can you give any example of a general... | |
| Charles Kittredge True - 1860 - 188 pages
...the chasms of a past eternity. And is not here the answer to Mr. Mill's earn est inquiry: " Why is a single instance in some cases sufficient for a complete...without a single exception, known or presumed, go so little way toward establishing a universal proposition ?" The diiference in the cases is that the... | |
| Noah Porter - 1869 - 752 pages
...assured confidence, that wherever men exist, tlioir heads are not beneath their shoulders Î Why is a single instance, in some cases, sufficient for a...towards establishing an universal proposition ? "Whoever con answer this question knows moro of tho philosophy of logic than the wisest of the ancients, and... | |
| James McCosh - 1870 - 252 pages
...that the sufficiency does not depend on the number of the cases. Mr. Mill puts the question : " Why is a single instance in some cases sufficient for a complete...presumed, go such a very little way towards establishing a universal proposition?" and declares that he who will answer this question is wiser than the ancients.... | |
| 1871 - 774 pages
...the earth not fully explored he had caught and examined a crow, and had found it to be gray. Why is a single instance in some cases sufficient for a complete...exception known or presumed, go such a very little way toward establishing an universal proposition? Whoever can answer this question knows more of the philosophy... | |
| 1871 - 800 pages
...with assured confidence, that whereever men exist their heads are not beneath their shoulders ? Why is a single instance, in some cases, sufficient for a...in others myriads of concurring instances, without an exception known or presumed, go a very little way in establishing an universal proposition f ' (Logic,... | |
| University of Madras - 1873 - 436 pages
...doctrine of the Conservation of Force affect the doctrine of Causation as formerly held ? X. Why is a single instance, in some cases, sufficient for a...way towards establishing an universal proposition ? MONDAT, IOTH FEB., 2 TO 5 PM MILL'S LOGIC. II. D. DUNCAN, MA I. Explain, illustrate, and criticize... | |
| James McCosh - 1873 - 244 pages
...that the sufficiency does not depend on the number of the cases. Mr. Mill puts the question : " Why is a single instance in some cases sufficient for a complete...presumed, go such a very little way towards establishing a universal proposition?" and declares that he who will answer this question is wiser than the ancients.... | |
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