...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...

...onze overtuiging van de „uniformity in the course of nature", de regelmatigheid in de natuur. Deze „proposition that the course of nature is uniform,...fundamental principle, or general axiom, of Induction". Dit fundamenteele beginsel steunt Mill echter op niets anders dan weer op inductie, het is zelf niet...

...the principle of the uniformity of Nature, that all phenomena take place according to general laws. 'The proposition that the course of Nature is uniform,...is the fundamental principle, or general axiom, of Induction.'1 And he goes on to say that if inductive inference from particulars to particulars were...

...the whole region of the future; but also the vastly greater portion of the present and of the past. 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...

...difficulty is, to find what description" (1:316). This assumption, or axiom, is central to inductive logic. "Whatever be the most proper mode of expressing it,...fundamental principle, or general axiom of Induction" (1:317). How can Mill remain consistent with what he has argued about the essentially particularistic...