| James McCosh - 1860 - 512 pagina’s
...uniformity in the succession of events, otherwise called the law of causation, must be received not as the law of the universe, but of that portion of it only...reasonable degree of extension to adjacent cases." I freely admit all this in regard to the order observable everywhere in our Cosmos ; there may or may... | |
| 1861 - 414 pagina’s
...to them ? 1 " The uniformity in the course of events, otherwise called the law of causation, must be received, not as a law of the universe, but of that...with a reasonable degree of extension to adjacent oases."—See Mill's Logic, vol. ii. pp. 117, 11S. 8. Of course. W. Then your answer, " I do not need... | |
| 1861 - 394 pagina’s
...to them ? 1 " The uniformity in the course of events, otherwise called the law of causation, must be received, not as a law of the universe, but of that...portion of it only which is within the range of our meana of sure observation, with a reasonable degree of extension to adjacent cases."— See Mill's... | |
| Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1864 - 516 pagina’s
...uniformity in the succés sion of events, otherwise called the law of causalion, must be received not as law of the universe, but of that portion of it only...without evidence, and to which, in the absence of any grouad from experience for estimating its degree of probability, it would be idle to attempt to assign... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - 1864 - 176 pagina’s
...planet. The uniformity in Ihe succession of events, othenvise called the law of causation, must be received not as a law of the universe, but of that...degree of extension to adjacent cases. To extend it furiher is to make a supposition without evidence, and to which, in the absence of any ground from... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - 1864 - 514 pagina’s
...uniformity in the succession of events, otherwise called the law of causalion, must be received not as law of the universe, but of that portion of it only...observation, with a reasonable degree of extension to adj inent cases. To extend it further is to niake a supposition without evidence, and to which, in... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - 1866 - 44 pagina’s
...in the succession of events— otherwise called the Law of Causation—must be received not аз the law of the universe, but of that portion of it only...degree of extension to adjacent cases. To extend it farther is to make a supposition without evidence, and to which, in the absence of any ground from... | |
| James McCosh - 1866 - 424 pagina’s
...planet. " The uniformity in the succession of events, otherwise " called the law of causation, must be received not as a " law of the universe, but of that...only " which is within the range of our means of sure ob" servation, with a reasonable degree of extension to " adjacent cases." In this passage he identifies... | |
| Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1867 - 616 pagina’s
...Consequently, " the uniformity in the succession of events," and generally of phenomena, " must be received, not as a law of the universe, but of that...within the range of our means of sure observation." (Conclusion of c. 21.) The present issue, then, is reduced to one which would appear very narrow and... | |
| James McCosh - 1867 - 574 pagina’s
...history of the worw before it was established, and that even now we are not entitled to receive it " M s law of the universe, but of that portion of it only which is within the range of our means of observation, with a reasonable degree of extension to adjacent cases. (§ 5.) Now, all this is true... | |
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