...cold, as the other animals are. § 3. THE CANON OF DIFFERENCE. If an instance in which a phenomenon occurs, and an instance in which it does not occur, have every other circumstance in common save one, that one (whether consequent or antecedent} occurring only in...

...the regulating principle of the Method of Difference may be expressed as follows : — SECOND CANON. If an instance in which the phenomenon under investigation...occurs, and an instance in which it does not occur, have evert/ circumstance in common lave one, that one occurring only in the former; the circumstance in...

...similar to it as possible, in which it does not occur. Its canon is expressed by Mill as follows: "Ifan 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...

...Eg Jevons's Elementary Lessons, xxviii. 3 This rule or ' canon ' was stated by Mill 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...

...exclusion as used in this method of difference can be stated in the following abstract canon of Mill's: " If an instance in which the phenomenon under investigation...an instance in which it does not occur, have every \other'\ circumstance in common save one, that one occurring only in the former ; the circumstance...

...which happens to be here and not move another precisely like it which happens to be there. vestigation occurs, and an instance in which it does not occur, have every \oiher~^ circumstance in common save one, that one occurring only in the former ; the circumstance...

...sole •' invariable antecedent of a phenomenon is probably its cause. "2. 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...

...into formal language this becomes : — ' If an instance in which the phenomenon under investi gation occurs, and an instance 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...

...necessitates the validity of the original proposition. This is substantially Mill's method of difference, that if an instance in which the phenomenon under investigation...occur, have every circumstance save one in common, and that one occurring only in the former, the circumstance in which alone the two instances differ...

...is stated in Mr Mill's Second Canon as follows :— "If an instance in which the phenomenon winder 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...