Induction

There remains a third improper use of the term Induction, which it is of real importance to clear up, because the theory of Induction has been, in no ordinary degree, confused by it, and because the confusion is exemplified in the most recent and elaborate treatise on the inductive philosophy which exists in our language.

A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive John Stuart Mill 1839

This definition excludes from the meaning of the term Induction, various logical operations, to which it is not unusual to apply that name.

A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive John Stuart Mill 1839

There remains a third improper use of the term Induction, which it is of real importance to clear up, because the theory of induction has been, in no ordinary degree, confused by it, and because the confusion is exemplified in the most recent and most elaborate treatise on the inductive philosophy which exists in our language.

A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2) John Stuart Mill 1839

This definition excludes from the meaning of the term Induction, various logical operations, to which it is not unusual to apply that name.

A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2) John Stuart Mill 1839

Dr. Whewell thinks it improper to apply the term Induction to any operation not terminating in the establishment of a general truth.

A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2) John Stuart Mill 1839

100 Dr. Whewell thinks it improper to apply the term Induction to any operation not terminating in the establishment of a general truth.

A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive John Stuart Mill 1839

Subparagraph (1) of paragraph (a) of § 1632.5, of Part 1632, Delivery and Induction, is amended to read as follows:

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Paragraph (d) of § 1660.21 of Part 1660, Civilian Work in Lieu of Induction, is amended to read as follows:

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First, in the verbal point of view, the terms Induction and Deduction are applied in a way directly the opposite of that which their Etymology would indicate: _In_-duction is used for the _De_-rivation of a Law from Facts, and _De_-duction for the

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

When, in short, the conclusion is more general than the largest of the premisses, the argument is commonly called Induction; when less general, or equally general, it is Ratiocination.

A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2) John Stuart Mill 1839