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CONTENTS. 



IHAPTER III. On the Ground of Induction. 



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Axiom of the uniformity of the course of nature . 



Not true in every sense. Induction per enumeration* 



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stmplicem . 



The question of Inductive Logic stated . 



CHAPTER IV. Of Laws of Nature. 

 The general regularity in nature is a tissue of partial re 

 gularities, called laws . 

 Scientific induction must be grounded on previous spon- 



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taneous inductions . ^ 



Are there any inductions fitted to be a test of all others P 

 CHAPTER V. Of the Law of Universal Causation. 



The universal law of successive phenomena is the Law of 

 Causation . * . 



i. e. the law that every consequent has an invariable 

 antecedent ... 



The cause of a phenomenon is the assemblage of its con 

 ditions . 



The distinction of agent and patient illusory 



The cause is not the invariable antecedent, but the uncon 

 ditional invariable antecedent . 



Can a cause be simultaneous with its effect P 



Idea of a Permanent Cause, or original natural agent . 



Uniformities of coexistence between effects of different 

 permanent causes, are not laws . 



Doctrine that volition is an efficient cause, examined 



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 387 



CHAPTER VI. Of the Composition of Causes. 



8 1. Two modes of the conjunct action of causes, the mechani- 



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cal and the chemical . 



2. The composition of causes the general rule ; the other case 



exceptional . 



3. Are effects proportional to their causes? . . .. * 



CHAPTER VII. Of Observation and Experiment. 

 1. The first step of inductive inquiry is a mental analysis of 



complex phenomena into their elements . . 414 



2. The next is an actual separation of those elements . 416 



3. Advantages of experiment over observation . 417 



4. Advantages of observation over experiment . 420 



