 | William De Witt Hyde - 1897 - 364 pagina’s
...induction, formulated by John Stuart Mill. The method of agreement depends on the principle that, " If two or more instances of the phenomenon under investigation...is the cause (or effect) of the given phenomenon." The Method of Difference proceeds on the principle that, "If an instance in which the phenomenon under... | |
 | Richard Falckenberg - 1897 - 686 pagina’s
...theory of experimental inquiry, for which he advances four methods: (i) The Method of Agreement : " If two or more instances of the phenomenon under investigation...is the cause (or effect) of the given phenomenon." (2) The Method of Difference : " If an instance in which the phenomenon under investigation occurs,... | |
 | Elias J. MacEwan - 1898 - 440 pagina’s
...cause'and effect. These canons are slightly modified by Professor Jevons 2 : — " 1. Method of Agreement. —If two or more instances of the phenomenon under...agree, is the cause (or effect) of the given phenomenon ; ie, the sole invariable antecedent of a phenomenon is probably its cause. "2. Method of Difference.—If... | |
 | James Edwin Creighton - 1898 - 418 pagina’s
...instances of the phenomenon under investigation have only one circumstance in common, the circumstances in which alone all the instances agree is the cause (or effect) of the given phenomenon" The purpose of this rule, it will be remembered, is to help us to determine what particular facts in... | |
 | Charles Sears Baldwin - 1902 - 474 pagina’s
...John Stuart Mill in the five " canons " that are known by his name. " I. The Canon of Agreement. " If two or more instances of the phenomenon under investigation...is the cause (or effect) of the given phenomenon." In an epidemic of typhoid the only circumstance in which all the cases are found to agree is the use... | |
 | Charles Sears Baldwin - 1902 - 476 pagina’s
...John Stuart Mill in the five " canons " that are known by his name. " I. 77/i? Canon of Agreement. " If two or more instances of the phenomenon under investigation...is the cause (or effect) of the given phenomenon." In an epidemic of typhoid the only circumstance in which all the cases are found to agree is the use... | |
 | Herbert Austin Aikins - 1902 - 522 pagina’s
...circumstance in common [and if that phenomenon is always produced by the same circumstance ; then] the circumstance in which alone all the instances agree is the cause (or effect) of the given phenomenon.'i To put it more symbolically : If all the antecedents in one case can be represented by... | |
 | Craven Laycock, Robert Leighton Scales - 1904 - 386 pagina’s
...Professor Jevons, and are quoted from his " Lessons in Logic " as follows : — "i. Method of agreement. " If two or more instances of the phenomenon under investigation...is the cause (or effect) of the given phenomenon, ie the sole invariable antecedent of a phenomenon is probably its cause. "2. Method of difference.... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1904 - 520 pagina’s
...Agreement Its canon is : — '"I. If two or more instances of -the phenomenon under investigation havo only one circumstance in common, the circumstance...is the cause (or effect) of the given phenomenon.' " — HILL'S Logic, i. 422. * ' A bird in the air breathes ; plunged into carbonic acid gas, it ceases... | |
 | William Stanley Jevons - 1905 - 368 pagina’s
...Induction is that which Mr Mill has aptly called the Metnod of agreement. It depends upon the rule that "If two or more instances of the phenomenon under...is the cause (or effect) of the given phenomenon." The meaning of this First Canon of inductive inquiry might, I think, be more briefly expressed by saying... | |
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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. 
