CHAPTER XIV. Causation

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