 | John Veitch - Logic - 1885 - 572 pages
...question.1 Hence the need of the second Rule or Canon — the Method of Difference. It is thus stated : " If an instance in which the phenomenon under investigation occurs, and an instance in which it docs not occur, have every circumstance in common save one, that one occurring only in the former,... | |
 | Thomas Fowler - Logic - 1887 - 612 pages
...atactic aphasia without the specific lesion, and of the lesion without aphasia16. METHOD OF DIFFERENCE. CANON. If an instance in which the phenomenon under...in which it does not occur, have every circumstance in common save one, that one occurring only in the former ; the circumstance in which alone the two... | |
 | Alfred James Swinburne - Logic - 1887 - 224 pages
...daily cleaning is the cause of the kicking of the gun. Put into formal language this becomes: — ' If an instance in which the phenomenon under investigation...in which it does not occur, have every circumstance in common save one, that one being present only in the former, the circumstance in which alone the... | |
 | John Michels (Journalist) - Science - 1887 - 662 pages
...antecedent of a phenomenon is probably its cause. The next refers to the method of difference. It runs: "If an instance in which the phenomenon under investigation...in which it does not occur, have every circumstance in common save one, that one occurring only in the former, the circumstance in which alone the two... | |
 | John Stuart Mill, Alfred Henry Killick - Logic - 1888 - 288 pages
...absent. II. — METHOD OF DIFFERENCE. Canon. — If an instance in which the phenomenon in question occurs, and an instance in which it does not occur, have every other circumstance in common save one, that one occurring only in the former, — that circumstance... | |
 | James Hutchens Baker - Psychology - 1890 - 254 pages
...heat by some means ; we conclude that heat is the cause of the explosion. 2. Method of Difference. CANON. " If an instance in which the phenomenon under...in which it does not occur, have every circumstance in common, save one, that one occurring only in the former ; the circumstance in which alone the two... | |
 | Constance Naden - Induction (Logic) - 1890 - 254 pages
...agreement in all circumstances except the one crucial circumstance. The " second cause " is as follows. " If an instance in which the phenomenon under investigation...in which it does not occur, have every circumstance in common save one, that one occurring only in the former; the circumstance, in which alone the two... | |
 | Emily Elizabeth Constance Jones - Logic - 1892 - 316 pages
...agree, is the cause (or effect) of the given phenomenon. Second Canon — II. Method of Difference : If an instance in which the phenomenon under investigation...in which it does not occur, have every circumstance in common save one, that one occurring only in the former; the circumstance in which alone the two... | |
 | Alfred Sidgwick - Belief and doubt - 1892 - 320 pages
...and as enabling us to 'arrive with certainty at causes' — the Canon of the ' Method of Difference.' If an instance in which the phenomenon under investigation...in which it does not occur, have every circumstance in common save one, that one occurring only in the former ; the circumstance in which alone the two... | |
 | Alfred Sidgwick - Belief and doubt - 1892 - 320 pages
...of the ' Method of Difference.' If an instance in which the phenomenon under investigation occur?, and an instance in which it does not occur, have every circumstance in common save one, that one occurring only in the former ; the circumstance in which alone the two... | |
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If an instance in which the phenomenon under investigation occurs, and an instance in which it does not occur, have every circumstance in common save one, that one occurring only in the former; the circumstance in which alone the two instances differ... 
