...applied by the mind. Mill concedes that Induction itself has axioms. He says, " whatever be the best way of expressing it, the proposition that the course...fundamental principle, or general axiom of Induction." The proposition that "the course of nature is uniform"must mean that the unknown uniformities of succession...

...that in induction the principle is assumed, and yet he contends that it is itself an inferred truth. " Whatever be the most proper mode of expressing it,...It would yet be a great error to offer this large generalisation as any explanation of the inductive process. On the contrary, I hold it to be itself...

...idea of the Uniformity of Nature. " It would ... be a great error to offer this large generalisation as any explanation of the inductive process. On the...induction, and induction by no means of the most obvious kind."2 The conception of experience which this view of axioms yields is very obvious. From its simplest...

...circumstances, happen again, and not only again, but as often as the same circumstances recur.3 This proposition, that the course of nature is uniform,...fundamental principle, or general axiom of induction. Every particular so-called induction is therefore a syllogism, of which the major premise is this general...

...Mill, the same as the law of causation. " Whatever be the most proper mode of expressing it," he says, "the proposition that the course of nature is uniform,...fundamental principle, or general axiom of induction." It is a difficulty with this view that if inductive logic have to do solely with causation, the vast mass...

...passages from that magnificent work, " A System of Logic," by John Stuart Mill. a. " Whatever be the proper mode of expressing it, the proposition that...fundamental principle, or general axiom, of induction " (eighth edition, page 224). b. " The uniformity of the course of nature is the ultimate major premise...

...colligation of facts).18 Mill finds the ground of induction in the principle of the uniformity of nature.19 "The proposition that the course of nature is uniform,...fundamental principle, or general axiom, of induction. But it would be a great error to offer this large generalization as any explanation of the inductive...

...any universal principles, even the first principles of mathematics, are intuitive. He says : — " Whatever be the most proper mode of expressing it,...axiom of induction. It would yet be a great error to consider this large generalization as any explanation of the inductive process. On the contrary, I...

...that whatever is true in any one case is true in all cases of a certain description. This principle that the course of nature is uniform, is the fundamental principle or axiom of induction. It is, however, itself an instance of induction, one of the latest inductions to...

...uniformity in the course of nature. ' Whatever be the most proper mode of expressing it,' says Mr. Mill, (/) 'the proposition that the course of nature is uniform,...fundamental principle, or general axiom of Induction.' But as to the source from which it is derived, there appears to be more diversity of opinion. The recognition...