Mill's Methodsn.

Brit.

/ˌmɪlz ˈmɛθədz/, U.S.

/ˈmɪlz ˈmɛθədz/

Forms: Also with lower-case initial in the second element.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Mill , method n.

Etymology: < the genitive of the name of John Stuart Mill (see Millian adj. and n.) + the plural of method n.The methods were propounded in J. S. Mill Syst. Logic (1843) I. iii. viii.

Philosophy.

With plural agreement. The principles or canons of inductive inquiry for discovering and establishing the validity of causal relations between phenomena, as distinguished by Mill. Cf. method n. 3e.

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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical reasoning > [noun] > inductive reasoning > methods or types of

perfect1565

historical method1782

Mill's Methods1882

1878 Mind 3 415 (heading) Prof. Jevons on Mill's experimental methods.

1849 W. Whewell On Induction 54 I will now pass from Mr Mill's methods..to the views respecting the conditions of Scientific Induction to which I had been led, by..a survey..of the whole history of the principal Inductive Sciences.]

1882 Mind 7 75 Among these Mill's Methods of Difference, Residues, and Concomitant Variations are very clearly stated.

1894 Mind 3 422 It is this and not any miraculous potency of definition that makes the use of Mill's ‘Methods’ superfluous in reaching mathematical generalisations.

1896 J. Welton Man. Logic II. v. v. 141 (caption) As Mill's Methods have obtained general currency they demand some examination.

1922 W. E. Johnson Logic II. x. 217 I hold..that Mill's methods can and should be exhibited as strictly formal.

1953 S. E. Toulmin Philos. of Sci. i. 9 The accumulation of confirming instances, Mill's Methods and the probability-calculus: such things form the staple of most expositions.

1965 P. Caws Philos. of Sci. xxxiii. 251 Mill's methods..are an elegant recipe for detecting the constant conjunctions of which Hume speaks.

1993 Philos. Q. 43 348 Our informal uses of Mill's Methods to satisfy ourselves that these factors are operating just as they do in one's favourite paradigm of causation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mills methods
释义	Mill's Methodsn. Brit. /ˌmɪlz ˈmɛθədz/, U.S. /ˈmɪlz ˈmɛθədz/ Forms: Also with lower-case initial in the second element. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Mill , method n. Etymology: < the genitive of the name of John Stuart Mill (see Millian adj. and n.) + the plural of method n.The methods were propounded in J. S. Mill Syst. Logic (1843) I. iii. viii. Philosophy. With plural agreement. The principles or canons of inductive inquiry for discovering and establishing the validity of causal relations between phenomena, as distinguished by Mill. Cf. method n. 3e. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical reasoning > [noun] > inductive reasoning > methods or types of perfect1565 historical method1782 Mill's Methods1882 1878 Mind 3 415 (heading) Prof. Jevons on Mill's experimental methods. 1849 W. Whewell On Induction 54 I will now pass from Mr Mill's methods..to the views respecting the conditions of Scientific Induction to which I had been led, by..a survey..of the whole history of the principal Inductive Sciences.] 1882 Mind 7 75 Among these Mill's Methods of Difference, Residues, and Concomitant Variations are very clearly stated. 1894 Mind 3 422 It is this and not any miraculous potency of definition that makes the use of Mill's ‘Methods’ superfluous in reaching mathematical generalisations. 1896 J. Welton Man. Logic II. v. v. 141 (caption) As Mill's Methods have obtained general currency they demand some examination. 1922 W. E. Johnson Logic II. x. 217 I hold..that Mill's methods can and should be exhibited as strictly formal. 1953 S. E. Toulmin Philos. of Sci. i. 9 The accumulation of confirming instances, Mill's Methods and the probability-calculus: such things form the staple of most expositions. 1965 P. Caws Philos. of Sci. xxxiii. 251 Mill's methods..are an elegant recipe for detecting the constant conjunctions of which Hume speaks. 1993 Philos. Q. 43 348 Our informal uses of Mill's Methods to satisfy ourselves that these factors are operating just as they do in one's favourite paradigm of causation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1882
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