But in order that any alleged fact should be contradictory to a law of causation, the allegation must be, not simply that the cause existed without being followed by the effect, for that would be no uncommon occurrence; but that this happened in the absence... Essays on the Philosophy of Theism - Page 319by William George Ward - 1884 - 739 lehteFull view - About this book
| James Buchanan - 1861 - 286 lehte
...higher authority on the philosophy of induction. ' In order that any alleged fact,' says Mr Mill, ' should be contradictory to a law of ' causation, the...existed - without being followed by the ' effect, for that would be no uncommon occurrence, ' but that this happened in the absence of any ade' quate... | |
| James Buchanan - 1861 - 346 lehte
...authority on the philosophy of induction. • In order that any alleged fact,' '! 'i I says Mr Mill, ' should be contradictory to a law of ' causation, the...cause existed without being followed by the ' effect, for that would be no uncommon occurrence, ' but that this happened in the absence of any ade' quate... | |
| 1862 - 1170 lehte
...page of the work on Logic (vol. ii, p. 158) he points out that " in order that any alleged fact shoula be contradictory to a law of causation, the allegation...cause existed without being followed by the effect, for that would be no uncommon occurrence, but that this happened in the absence of any adequate counteracting... | |
| John Brown Paton - 1864 - 198 lehte
...causation;" in confutation of which charge we shall simply quote the decisive language of Stuart Mill : — " In order that any alleged fact should be contradictory...cause existed without being followed by the effect, for that would be no uncommon occurrence; but that this happened in the absence of any adequate counteracting... | |
| Charles Beard - 1865 - 736 lehte
...legitimate only to an Atheist, or after proof given that supernatural acts would be a degradation of God. "In order that any alleged fact should be contradictory...cause existed without being followed by the effect, for that would be no uncommon occurrence; but that this happened in the absence of any adequate counteracting... | |
| 1865 - 728 lehte
...legitimate only to an Atheist, or after proof given that supernatural acts would be a degradation of God. " In order that any alleged fact should be contradictory to a law of causation, the allegation must bo, not simply that the cause existed without being followed by the effect, for that would be no uncommon... | |
| James Henley Thornwell - 1873 - 830 lehte
...cause, that it cannot be an absolute commencement. We do not, therefore, believe VUL. III.— 17 " that any alleged fact should be contradictory to a...cause existed without being followed by the effect (for that would be no uncommon occurrence), but that this happened in the absence of any adequate counteracting... | |
| London coll. of the Presbyterian church in England, James Oswald Dykes - 1873 - 288 lehte
...principle to this very question of miracles, in connection with the scepticism or disbelief of Hume. "In order that any alleged fact should be contradictory to a law of causation, the allegation must be that this happened in the absence of any adequate counteracting cause. Now, in the case of an alleged... | |
| Walter Richard Cassels - 1874 - 538 lehte
...believe that we were mistaken in admitting the supposed law." l Mr. Mill points out however, that, in order that any alleged fact should be contradictory...adequate counteracting cause. " Now, in the case of an alleged miracle, the assertion is the exact opposite of this. It is, that the effect was defeated,... | |
| Walter Richard Cassels - 1874 - 550 lehte
...believe that we were mistaken in admitting the supposed law."1 Mr. Mill points out, however, that, in order that any alleged fact should be contradictory...that this happened in the absence of any adequate contradicting cause. " Now, in the case of an alleged miracle, the assertion is the 1 Mill, Logic,... | |
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