Major Premise to new cases 163
§5. Restatement of the _Dictum_ for material reasoning 165
§6. Uses of the Syllogism 167
§7. Analysis of the Uniformity of Nature, considered as the
formal ground of all reasoning 169
§8. Grounds of our belief in Uniformity 173


CHAPTER XIV

CAUSATION

§1. The most important aspect of Uniformity in relation to
Induction is Causation 174
§2. Definition of "Cause" explained: five marks of Causation 175
§3. How strictly the conception of Cause can be applied
depends upon the subject under investigation 183
§4. Scientific conception of Effect. Plurality of Causes 185
§5. Some condition, but not the whole cause, may long precede
the Effect; and some co-effect, but not the whole effect,
may long survive the Cause 187
§6. Mechanical Causes and the homogeneous Intermixture of Effects;
Chemical Causes and the heteropathic Intermixture of Effects 188
§7. Tendency, Resultant, Counteraction, Elimination, Resolution,
Analysis, Reciprocity 189


CHAPTER XV

INDUCTIVE METHOD