But it is necessary to our using the word cause that we should believe not only that the antecedent always has been followed by the consequent, but that as long as the present constitution of things * endures it always will be so. Essays on the Philosophy of Theism - Page 313by William George Ward - 1884 - 739 lehteFull view - About this book
| Geert Keil - 1993 - 444 lehte
...eines Gesetzesaussage geht über die Zusammenfassung vergangener Koinzidenzen hinaus. Es ist, so Mill, "necessary to our using the word cause, that we should...constitution of things endures, it always will be so" (1843, 338 [Bk. Ill, Ch. V, § 6]).6 Solange die Koinzidenz von Hahnenschrei und Sonnenaufgang kein... | |
| John Losee - 2004 - 200 lehte
...sequence to be "unconditional," he wrote, only if we believe not only that the antecedent condition always has been followed by the consequent, but that,...constitution of things endures, it always will be so.6 The "present constitution of things" presumably is determined by the "ultimate laws of nature."... | |
| Bertrand Russell - 2004 - 212 lehte
...of other circumstances in the interval. Mill, discussing this instance of night and day, says: — "It is necessary to our using the word cause, that we should believe not only that the antecedent alwavs has been followed by the consequent, but that as long as the present constitution of things... | |
| Bertrand Russell - 2007 - 242 lehte
...instance of night and day, says : — " It is necessary to our using the word cause, that we should beHeve not only that the antecedent always has been followed...present constitution of things endures, it always be so."1 In this sense, we shall have to give up the hope of finding causal laws such as Mill contemplated... | |
| Bertrand Russell - 2007 - 240 lehte
...other circumstances ia the interval, MiE, discussing this instance of night and day, says : — , " It is necessary to our using the word cause, that we should beHeve not only that the antecedent always has been followed by the consequent, but that as long as... | |
| Gail Kennedy - 1928 - 86 lehte
...singled out must be unconditional as well as invariable. Night follows day, but is not the cause thereof. It "is necessary to our using the word cause, that...constitution of things endures, it always will be so."2 It is in this sense of unconditionalness that a cause may be called the necessary antecedent... | |
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