...we stand towards those presented in nature. Mill's statement of his Joint Method is as follows, — "If two or more instances in which the phenomenon...that circumstance : the circumstance in which alone 1 A better name surely would have been chosen by entitling it simply the Method of Exclusions ; a term...

...stated aa its canon : — • THIRD CAKOX. If two or more instances in which the phenomenon occurs hare only one circumstance in common, while two or more...the two sets of instances differ is the effect, or the cause, or an indispensable part of the cause, of the phenomenon. We shall presently see that the...

...Difference. — The canon is, " If two or more cases in which the phenomenon occurs have only one antecedent in common, while two or more instances in which it does not occur have nothing in common but the absence of that antecedent, the circumstance in which alone the two sets of cases differ is...

...indispensable part of the cause, of the phenomenon. Third Canon — Joint Method of Agreement and Difference: If two or more instances in which the phenomenon occurs...the two sets of instances differ is the effect, or the cause, or an indispensable part of the cause, of the phenomenon. (This method is also called briefly...

...also be employed in combination, and the Canon of the Joint Method of Agreement and Difference runs: "If two or more instances in which the phenomenon...the two sets of instances differ is the effect, or the cause, or an indispensable part of the cause, of the phenomenon." (3) The Method of Residues: "Subduct...

...of Agreement and Difference." The Canon of this Method is accordingly stated by Mill as follows :— If two or more instances in which the phenomenon occurs...the two sets of instances differ, is the effect, or the cause, or an indispensable part of the cause, of the phenomenon. In practice, however, this theoretical...

...other, and corroborating it." 1 And of this joint method he states the following as the canon :—" If two or more instances in which the phenomenon occurs...the two sets of instances differ is the effect, or the cause, or an indispensable part of the cause, of the phenomenon." 1 Our method of contrast, it...

...other, and corroborating it." 1 And of this joint method he states the following as the ' canon :—" If two or more instances in which the phenomenon occurs...instances in which it does not occur have nothing . vV in common save the absence of that circumstance, the - circumstance in which alone the two sets...

...nature of the Method of Difference. The following may be stated as its canon : — THIRD CANON. If too or more instances in which the phenomenon occurs have only one circumstance in common, while tim or more instances in which it does not occur hafe 'nothiny in common save the absence of that circumstance,...

...AGBEEMENT : If instances wherein a phenomenon occurs have only one circumstance in common, and others in which it does not occur have nothing in common save the absence of the circumstance, this wholly or partly is the cause of the phenomenon, or its effect. A symbolical...