XIV CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER IV. Of Laws of Nature. 



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



regularities, called laws . . . . .381 



2. Scientific induction must be grounded upon previous spon- 



taneous inductions . ( , .^ . . . 386 



3. Are there any inductions fitted to be a test of all others? . 388 







CHAPTER V. Of the Law of Universal Causation. 



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



Causation . . .;. ......,. . .392 



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



antecedent . . ... . .396 



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



conditions . . r . . ..... . . 398 



4. The distinction of agent and patient illusory . . 406 



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



ditional invariable antecedent .... 409 



6. Can a cause be simultaneous with its effect ? . . 413 



7. Idea of a Permanent Cause, or original natural agent . 416 



8. Uniformities of coexistence between effects of different 



permanent causes, are not laws . . . . 420 



9. M. Comte's objections to the word cause . . .421 



CHAPTER VI. Of the Composition of Causes. 



$ 1. Two modes of the conjunct action of causes, the mechanical 



and the chemical . ... . . 425 



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



exceptional . .-.; ., . . - ., . 429 



3. Are effects proportional to their causes ? * .... . 434 



CHAPTER VII. Of Observation and Experiment. 



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



complex phenomena into their elements . . :-.: . 437 



2. The next is an actual separation of those elements . . 440 



3. Advantages of experiment over observation . . 441 



4. Advantages of observation over experiment . . . 445 



