| 1848 - 586 pages
..." the law of causation, the recognition of which is the main pillar of the inductive philosophy, is but the familiar truth that invariability of succession...between every fact in nature, and some other fact that has preceded it ;" so that " for every event there exists some combination of objects or events,... | |
| James Robert Ballantyne - 1849 - 154 pages
...in modern philosophy is founded on the familiar truth, (as stated by Mill, — Logic, V. 1. p. 397), "that invariability of succession is found by observation...nature and some other fact which has preceded it." Of two facts so related, that which precedes is termed the cause of the other. To prevent misconception,... | |
| Annambhaṭṭa - 1851 - 554 pages
...respect to the familiar truth* (as stated by Mill, — Logic, Vol. 1. p. 397,) "that iovariability of succession is found by observation to obtain between...nature and some other fact which has preceded it." Of two facts so related, that which precedes is termed the cause of the other. To prevent misconception,... | |
| Henri Édouard Schedel - 1858 - 508 pages
...gained from experience. The law of causation, which is the main pillar of inductive philosophy, is but the familiar truth, that invariability of succession...fact which has preceded it ; independently of all consideration respecting the ultimate mode of production of phenomena, and of every other question... | |
| Henri Édouard Schedel - 1858 - 510 pages
...gained from experience. The law of causation, which is the main pillar of inductive philosophy, is but the familiar truth, that invariability of succession...in nature and some other fact which has preceded it ; independency of all consideration respecting the ultimate mode of production of phenomena, and of... | |
| 1858 - 590 pages
...contingent principle, leads him to the following startling assertion :— 'k The law of causation is but the familiar truth, that invariability of succession...nature and some other fact which has preceded it." This is a proposition which no one but Mr Mill ever considered to have " the rigorous universality... | |
| John Stuart Mill - 1858 - 666 pages
...every fact in nature and some other fact which has preceded it ; independently of all consideration respecting the ultimate mode of production of phenomena,...and of every other question regarding the nature of " 1 hings in themselves." «J Between the phenomena, then, which exist at any instant, and the phenomena... | |
| William Adam (of Matlock Baths, Eng.) - 1862 - 460 pages
...affirms nor denies their existence. He treats the law of causation independently of all consideration respecting the ultimate mode of production of phenomena...question regarding the nature of " things in themselves." (Logic, i. 396, 397.) He thinks indeed that M. Comte has unnecessarily and injuriously abstained from... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - 1864 - 514 pages
...recognition of which is the main pillar of inductive science, is but the familiar truth.thatinvariability of succession is found by observation to obtain between...other fact which has preceded it; independently of all consideration respecting the ultimate mode of production of phenomena, and of every other question... | |
| Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1864 - 516 pages
...recognition of which is the main pillar of inductive science, is but the familiar truth.thatinvariability of succession is found by observation to obtain between...other fact which has preceded it; independently of ail consideration respecting the ultimate mode of production of phenomena, and of every other question... | |
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