 If two or more instances of the phenomenon under investigation have only one circumstance in common, the circumstance in which alone all the instances agree is the cause (or effect) of the given phenomenon.  Developing Executive Ability - Page 244by Enoch Burton Gowin - 1919 - 486 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1843 - 750 pages
...the Method of Concomitant Variations. The Method of Agreement rests upon the following canon : — " If two or more instances of the phenomenon under investigation...circumstance in common, the circumstance in which alone all the instances agree, is the cause (or effect) of the given phenomenon." As an example of this method,... | |
 | 1921 - 472 pages
...". (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 under investigation...circumstance in common, the circumstance in which alone all the instances agree is the cause (or effect) of the given phenomenon. (See Herschel, Discourse,... | |
 | 1846 - 506 pages
...Mr. Mill gives five canons for making this discovery : but speaks of them as four. First Canon, or "Method of Agreement." "If two or more instances of...circumstance in common, the circumstance in which alone all the instances agree, is the cause, (or effect) of the given phenomenon." — p. 224. Second Canon,... | |
 | 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, the circumstance in which alone all the instances agree, is the cause, (or effect) of the given phenomenon." — p. 224. Second Canon,... | |
 | 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...circumstance in common, the circumstance in which alone all the instances agree is the cause or effect of the given phenomenon. 2. " If an instance in which... | |
 | 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...circumstance in common, the circumstance in which alone all the instances agree is the cause of the given phenomenon.^59) The conclusiveness of this method,... | |
 | Samuel Neil - 1853 - 314 pages
...respective bodies experimentalised upon, the causative agency exists. The eanon of this method is this : " If two or more instances of the phenomenon under investigation...circumstance in common, the circumstance in which alone ah1 the instances agree is the cause (or effect) of the phenomenon." II. METHOD OF DIFFERENCE. "Instead... | |
 | Thomas Wharton Collens - 1860 - 382 pages
...other books on this subject, bear witness to this proposition. 1. Method of Agreement. FIEST CANON. — If two or more instances of the phenomenon under investigation,...circumstance in common, THE circumstance in which alone all the instances agree, is the cause (or effect) of the given phenomenon. 2. Method of Difference.... | |
 | 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...circumstance in common, the circumstance in which alone all the instances agree, is the cause (or effect) of the given phenomenon." The illustration of the... | |
 | William Smith - 1863 - 1038 pages
...all. Let us take, egi what is called the first canon of the " Method of Agreement," which is this: "-If two or more instances of the phenomenon under...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... | |
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