...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...

...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."...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...