...region of the earth, not fully explored, he had caught and examined a crow and had found it to be gray. "Why is a single instance in some cases sufficient...without a single exception known or presumed, go such a little way towards establishing a universal proposition? Whoever can answer this question knows more...

...Mill (1843/ 1974, p. 314) noticed that the required number of instances is not constant. He asked, "Why is a single instance, in some cases, sufficient...presumed, go such a very little way towards establishing a universal proposition?" On the basis of psychological research on generalization in people, which...

...Mill (1843/ 1974, p. 314) noticed that the required number of instances is not constant. He asked, "Why is a single instance, in some cases, sufficient...presumed, go such a very little way towards establishing a universal proposition?" On the basis of psychological research on generalization among people, which...

...Mill concluded, which even the wisest of the ancients could not solve, was to answer the question: 'Why is a single instance, in some cases, sufficient...way towards establishing an universal proposition?' (SL, p. 314). Such a problem can only be set up on the assumption that nature basically possesses a...

...entanglement in the epistemological or "metaphysical" problem. This "problem of Induction" Mill states: Why is a single instance, in some cases, sufficient...exception known or presumed, go such a very little way toward establishing a universal proposition? Whoever can answer this question knows more of the philosophy...

...some inductions are more trustworthy than others? Why is a single instance, in some cases, suff1cient for a complete induction, while in others, myriads...presumed, go such a very little way towards establishing a universal proposition? Whoever can answer this question . . . has solved the problem of induction....

...induction," he concluded, which even the wisest of the ancients could not solve, was to answer the question: "Why is a single instance, in some cases, sufficient...way towards establishing an universal proposition?" (CW VII:314). But this problem can only be set up on the assumption that nature at root possesses a...

...research design are thus virtually indistinguishable, and so we will treat them. Why, wondered Mill, is "a single instance, in some cases, sufficient for...very little way towards establishing an universal proposition?"16 Ten factors, I argue, characterize goodness in case selection - and, more generally,...

...the theoretical basis for Cicero's claim regarding induction. "Why is a single instance," Mill asks, "in some cases, sufficient for a complete induction,...exception known or presumed, go such a very little way toward establishing a universal proposition?"68 The value of induction for advancing scientific knowledge...

...Discuss the following : — 1. " Deductive Sciences are all, without exception, Inductive Sciences." 2. "Why is a single instance in some cases, sufficient...way towards establishing an universal proposition ?" 3. " Does a cause always stand with its effect in the relation of antecedent and consequent ? Do...