| 1921 - 472 pages
...distinctly recognised ". (Logic, bk. 3, ch. 9, § 3.) The following are Mill's Canons (bk. 3, ch. 8):— First Canon. — If two or more instances of the phenomenon...is the cause (or effect) of the given phenomenon. (See Herschel, Discourse, [146-148.].)1 Second Canon.- li an instance in which the phenomenon under... | |
| 1843 - 744 pages
...Residues, and the Method of Concomitant Variations. The Method of Agreement rests upon the following canon: — "If two or more instances of the phenomenon...is the cause (or effect) of the given phenomenon." As an example of this method, Mr. Mill selects Professor Liebig's experimental inquiry into the immediate... | |
| 1843 - 744 pages
...rests upon the following canon :— " If two or more instances of the phenomenon under investigat'on have only one circumstance in common, the circumstance...is the cause (or effect) of the given phenomenon." As an example of this method, Mr. Mill selects Professor Liebig's experimental inquiry into the immediate... | |
| 1846 - 506 pages
...canons for making this discovery : but speaks of them as four. First Canon, or "Method of Agreement." "If two or more instances of the phenomenon under...is the cause, (or effect) of the given phenomenon." — p. 224. Second Canon, or " Method of Difference." "If an instance in which the phenomenon under... | |
| 1846 - 512 pages
...as four. First Canon, or " Method of Agreement." "If two or more instances of the phenomenon und«r investigation have only one circumstance in common,...is the cause, (or effect) of the given phenomenon." — p. 224. Second Canon, or " Method of Difference." " If an instance in which the phenomenon under... | |
| Calvin Colton - 1848 - 556 pages
...in the position of a science. We cite the canons, thus employed, from Mr. Mill, as follow: — 1. " If two or more instances of the phenomenon under investigation...agree is the cause or effect of the given phenomenon. 2. " If an instance in which the phenomenon under investigation occurs, and an instance in which it... | |
| Sir George Cornewall Lewis - 1852 - 508 pages
...may be the true cause of a. The canon of this method is stated by Mr. Mill in the following terms : ' If two or more instances of the phenomenon under investigation...in which alone all the instances agree is the cause of the given phenomenon.^59) The conclusiveness of this method, therefore, depends on the determination... | |
| Thomas Wharton Collens - 1860 - 382 pages
...found in other books on this subject, bear witness to this proposition. 1. Method of Agreement. FIEST CANON. — If two or more instances of the phenomenon...is the cause (or effect) of the given phenomenon. 2. Method of Difference. SECOND CANON. — If an instance in which the phenomenon under investigation... | |
| James Sanford Lamar - 1860 - 336 pages
...hand, if there be more than one, they may be concurrent causes. " Or, in the language of Mr. Mill : " If two or more instances of the phenomenon under investigation...is the cause (or effect) of the given phenomenon." The illustration of the above canon is also drawn from investigations on the phenomenon of dew. " Now... | |
| William Smith - 1863 - 1038 pages
...the phenomenon under investigation have only one circumstance in common, the circumstance in ichick alone all the instances agree, is the cause (or effect) of the given phenomenon." Now, in applying this to any practical case, how can we be possibly certain that any two instances... | |
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