| 1848 - 544 pages
...order of succession ;" "to certain facts, certain facts always do, and, as we believe, always will, succeed. The invariable antecedent is termed the cause ; the invariable consequent, the effect." " Upon the universality of this truth depends the possibility of reducing the inductive process to... | |
| 1857 - 588 pages
...manufacturing a definition to suit my own purposes, if I answer in the terms employed by JS Mill, viz., " To certain facts certain facts always do, and, as...the cause; the invariable consequent, the effect."* I may also strengthen my position by referring to the learned work of Mr. Karslake, who uses these... | |
| Henri Édouard Schedel - Faith - 1858 - 510 pages
...among the separate parts. To certain facts, certain facts always do, and, as we believe, always will succeed. The invariable antecedent is termed the cause...connected in this manner with some particular antecedent. Upon the universality of this truth depends the possibility of reducing the inductive process to rules.... | |
| Henri Édouard Schedel - Faith - 1858 - 508 pages
...among the separate parts. To certain facts, certain facts always do, and, as we believe, always will succeed. The invariable antecedent is termed the cause ; the invariable consequent, the eftect. And the universality of the law of causation consists in this, that every consequent is connected... | |
| Great Britain - 1864 - 974 pages
...by observation, to obtain between every fact in nature, and some other fact which has preceded it." "To certain facts, certain facts always do, and, as...succeed. The invariable antecedent is termed the cause; tbe invariable consequent, the effect." " On the universality of this truth depends the possibility... | |
| Noah Porter - Intellect - 1873 - 730 pages
...which has preceded It." * * "To certain fiicts, certain facts always do and us we believe nlwaya will succeed. The invariable antecedent is termed the cause ; the invariable consequent, the effect ; and tho universality of the law of causation corsista in this, that every consequent is connected in this... | |
| Noah Porter - Intellect - 1874 - 594 pages
...facts always do and as we believe always will succeed. The invariable antecedent is termed the eause; the invariable consequent, the effect; and the universality...has begun to exist, it was preceded by some fact or facto, with which it is invariably connected." — B. III.,cv,g 2. " I have no objection to define... | |
| Noah Porter - Intellect - 1874 - 592 pages
...invariable antecedent is termed the cause ; the invariable consequent, tho effect; and the univertality of the law of causation consists in this, that every...particular antecedent, or set of antecedents. Let tho fact be what it may, if it bus begun to exist, it was preceded by some fact or facts, with which... | |
| Palaestra Oxoniensis - 1875 - 134 pages
...only the physical cause, which he defines to be the invariable antecedent with natural sequence. ' The invariable antecedent is termed the cause ; the...some particular antecedent, or set of antecedents.' ' Here we must notice that every antecedent is not necessarily the cause of an event, but only that... | |
| Thomas Penyngton Kirkman - Metaphysics - 1876 - 368 pages
...phenomena which exist at the succeeding instant, there is an invariable order of succession.' . . . . ' To certain facts, certain facts always do, and, as...Causation consists in this, that every consequent is co/mected in this manner with some particular antecedent, or set of antecedents.' (144.) The italics... | |
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