...a cause, which the theory of induction requires, is such a notion as can be gained from experience. The Law of Causation, the recognition of which is...pillar of inductive science, is but the familiar truth, tlui invariability of succession is found by observation to obtain between every fact ui nature and...

...is fully and fairly stated in hU own language in the following extracts from his System of Logic. " The law of causation, the recognition of which is the main pillar of inductive philosophy, is but the familiar truth, that invariability of succession is found by observation to...

..."The law of causation, the rceognition of which is tho main pillar of inductive philosophy, is but tho familiar truth, that invariability of succession is found by observation to obtain betwcen every fact in nature and some other fact which has preceded it." * * "To certain facts, certain...

...no phenomenon, nor can the notion of a consciousness not my own be gained by experience. Again : ' The law of Causation, the recognition of which is...observation to obtain between every fact in nature, and some others which have preceded it.' Again : ' Between the phenomena, then, which exist at any instant,...

...any effect. John Stuart Kill in his most able work on logic has an admirable chapter on causation. He says: "The law of causation, the recognition of...nature and some other fact which has preceded it. * * * To certain facts certain facts always do, and, as we believe, will continue to, succeed. The...

...Antecedent, Night is the cause of Day, and Day of Night. Mr. Mill has defined the law of Causation to be 'the truth that invariability of succession is found by...nature, and some other fact which has preceded it.' This distinctly applies to Day and Night, Night and Day ; yet, in order to wriggle out of his dilemma,...

...Antecedent, Night is the cause of Day, and Day of Night. Mr. Mill has defined the law of Causation to be 'the truth that invariability of succession is found by...nature, and some other fact which has preceded it.' This distinctly applies to Day and Night, Night and Day ; yet, in order to wriggle out of his dilemma,...

...of the origin of our notion of causation. John Stuart Mill's definition of the law of causation, " that invariability of succession is found by observation...nature and some other fact which has preceded it," will do as well as any other. " To certain facts, certain facts always do, and, as we believe, always...

...find, fix, and determine, "with the utmost practicable degree of precision," the notion of cause. " The law of causation, the recognition of which is the main pillar of inductive philosophy, is but the familiar truth that invariability of succession is found by observation to obtain...

...causes in that sense alone, in which one ' physical fact is said to be the cause of another. . . . ' The Law of Causation, the recognition of which is...nature ' and some other fact which has preceded it. ... ' To certain facts, certain facts always do, and, as we ' believe, will continue to succeed. The...