 That operation of the mind by which we infer that what we know to be true in a particular case or cases will be true in all cases which resemble the former in certain assignable respects. In other words, induction is the process by which we conclude that...  The Relation of Science and Philosophy ... - Page 43by Roy Balmer Liddy - 1914 - 127 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Zoology - 1921 - 472 pages
...defined the operation of discovering and proving general propositions" (p. 186), that "induction is that operation of the mind by which we infer that what...resemble the former in certain assignable respects" (p. 188), that "induction is a process of inference" (p. 188), and that "induction, properly so-called,...... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Knowledge, Theory of - 1846 - 630 pages
...IMPROPERLY SO CALLER , § 1. INDUCTION, then,- is that operation of the mind, by which we in•fet that what we know to be true in a particular case...resemble the former in certain assignable respects. In other words. Induction is the process by which we conclude that what is true of certain individuals... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Knowledge, Theory of - 1846 - 624 pages
...arrive by inference. CHAPTER II. OF INDUCTIONS IMPROPERLY SO CALLER § 1. INDUCTION, then, is that operation of the mind, by which we infer that what...in a particular case or cases, will be true in all casea which resemble the former in certain assignable respects. In other words, Induction is the process... | |
 | 1848 - 544 pages
...the science of logic — the question which includes all others." It is this operation (I. 352,) " by which we infer that what we know to be true in...resemble the former in certain assignable respects. In other words, Induction is the process by which we conclude that what is true of certain individuals... | |
 | Charles Davies - Logic - 1850 - 390 pages
...ization. It is that operation of the mind by generaiizawhich we infer that what we know to be true tlon' in a particular case or cases, will be true in all...resemble the former in certain assignable respects. In other words, Induction is the process by which we conclude that what is true of certain individuals... | |
 | Charles Davies - Logic - 1850 - 400 pages
...is that operation of the mind by generauzawhich we infer that what we know to be true "on; in which in a particular case or cases, will be true in all cases which resemble the former in certain astrue under simiable respects. In other words, Induction is p irticulur ° J circumstan- the process... | |
 | English literature - 1858 - 688 pages
...and, Is induction possible, and how ? To the first question, Mr Mill replies, that " induction is that operation of the mind by which we infer that what...resemble the former in certain assignable respects. In other words, induction is the process by which we conclude that what is true of certain individuals... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Knowledge, Theory of - 1858 - 666 pages
...arrive by inference. CHAPTER II. OF INDUCTIONS IMPROPERLY SO CALLED. § 1. INDUCTION, then, is that operation of the mind, by which we infer that what...know to be true in a particular case or cases, will bts true in all cases which resemble the former in certain assignable respects. In other words, Induction... | |
 | James William Gilbart - Banks and banking - 1859 - 654 pages
...evidence of the induction itself. " Induction, then, is that operation of the mind, by which we infer what we know to be true in a particular case or cases,...resemble the former in certain assignable respects. In other words, induction is the process by which we conclude that what is true of certain individuals... | |
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