...description of the inductive principle. 9. A similar problem is evident in Mill's examination of induction: "Whatever be the most proper mode of expressing it,...fundamental principle, or general axiom, of Induction. ... I hold it to be itself an instance of induction. . . . Yet this principle, though so far from being...

...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...

...' Two straight lines cannot enclose a space,' is an induction from the evidence of our senses." 3. "The proposition that the course of nature is uniform...fundamental principle, or general axiom, of Induction." 4. " There are thus two different modes of the conjunct action of causes." 6. "The Method of Residues...