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John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)
John Stuart Mill in 1837 makes great progress in completing his long awaited "Logic". Mill's was at a halt with his work for five years because he had not fully understood the history and practice of science and he needed a sort of foundation on which to start. His colleague William Whewll publishes his work in early 1837 that helps Mill continue his work Reference
“A Companion to Mill.” A Companion to Mill, by Christopher Macleod, Wiley Blackwell, 2017, pp. 866–912. -
John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)
A System of Logic is first published in 1843. Thanks to his colleagues John F.W. Herschel and William Whewell, Mill is able to publish his first edition. Mill's philosophy of science shows that experience is the only true way of knowing the truth about all knowledge including the non-science. Reference
“A Companion to Mill.” A Companion to Mill, by Christopher Macleod, Wiley Blackwell, 2017, pp. 866–912. -
John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)
A short video of John Mill's five methods of inductively determining the probable cause of any given effect.
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John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)
John Stuart Mill describes a hypothesis as a proposal relating to "an unknown law of physical causation or an unknown cause upon which some phenomenon depends for its occurrence." Mill recognizes that the methodology is very problematic and thus it has limitations. Reference
“A Companion to Mill.” A Companion to Mill, by Christopher Macleod, Wiley Blackwell, 2017, pp. 866–912. -
John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)
John Stuart Mill publishes the 8th edition of "A System of Logic" a year before he dies. Reference
“A Companion to Mill.” A Companion to Mill, by Christopher Macleod, Wiley Blackwell, 2017, pp. 866–912.