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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1895 Excerpt: ... INDEX (The number n Accidents, induction only of, 9. Agent and patient, 25 n. Agreement, canon of, 117.--imperfections of, 122.--yields probability, 124.--double method of, 125. Analogy defined, 62, 69.--canon of, 69.--justification of, 71.--scientific value of, 73. Analysis of the notion law, 177. Analytic forms distinguished, 8. Antecedents and consequents, 24.--distribution of, 57 n., 121. Approximate generalization,96. Argyll on law of nature, 182 n. Aristotle's view of induction, 6 n.--four causes, 23 n.--formula of induction, 44.---view of analogy, 68.--of induction vs. deduction, 142. Axiom of change, 29.--of uniformity, first, 31.--of uniformity, second, 35.--of sufficient reason, 85. Axioms, their origin, 30.--Mill's view criticised,31 n.,67 n. Bacon on induction, 6 n.--on enumeration, 62, 67 n.--on elimination, 104 n.--his Organon, 142 n., 198 n.--on crucial instances, 168 n.--axiomata media, 182 n., 198 n.--on modes of research, 198 n.--knowledge and power, 199 n. ifers to the page.) Bain, definition of induction, 7 n.--on Butler's view, 181 n.--on familiarity, 190 n.--on explanation, 192 n. Butler, analogical argument, 74.--on probability, 78.--criticised by Bain, 181 n. Canon of enumeration of cases, 63.--of analogy, 69.--of probability, 89.--of perfect induction, 103.--of difference, 106.--of residue, 113.--of agreement, 117.--of double agreement, 126.--of concomitant variations, 131.--of deduction, direct, 150. Causation, definition of, 28.--intuitional view of, 30.--empirical view of, 31 n.--canons of, 103,105 n. Cause, investigation of, 19.--its general meaning, 22.--various kinds of, 23 n.--definition of, 27.--preventive, 25, 81,109 n.--vs. law, 181.--the Supreme, Whewell on, 193 n. Causes, plurality of, maxim, 37. Certainty, strict, 76.--e..
