VI CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER III. On the Ground of Induction. 



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1. Axiom of the uniformity of the course of nature . . 341 



2. Not true in every sense. Induction per enumerationem 



simplicem ..... 346 



3. The question of Inductive Logic stated . . 348 



CHAPTER IV. Of Laws of Nature. 



1. The general regularity in nature is a tissue of partial re- 

 gularities, called laws ..... 351 



2. Scientific induction must be grounded on previous spon- 



taneous inductions ..... 355 



3. Are there any inductions fitted to be a test of all others ? 357 



CHAPTER V. Of the Law of Universal Causation. 



1. The universal law of successive phenomena is the Law of 



Causation ....... 360 



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



antecedent 363 



3. The cause of a phenomenon is the assemblage of its con- 



ditions . . . . . . .365 



4. The distinction of agent and patient illusory . . 373 



5. The cause is not the invariable antecedent, but the uncon- 



ditional invariable antecedent .... 375 



6. Can a cause be simultaneous with its effect P . . 380 



7. Idea of a Permanent Cause, or original natural agent . 383 



8. Uniformities of coexistence between effects of different 



permanent causes, are not laws .... 386 



9. Doctrine that volition is an efficient cause, examined . 387 



CHAPTER VI. Of the Composition of Causes. 



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

 cal and the chemical ..... 4X)5 



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



exceptional ...:.. 408 



3. Are effects proportional to their causes ? . . .412 



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 



