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Perspective voyage · 1843

Mill — The structure of comparison, not only the count

Can one well-designed contrast provide stronger grounds than a thousand identical records?

The question that moves this idea

How far can the past support the future?

Instead of memorizing a conclusion, follow the evidence scenes to see what this perspective distinguishes and where its explanation stops.

Scene 1 / 7Evidence-linked account

Mill treats induction as inference from observed cases to unobserved cases, or cases at other times, that resemble them in specified respects.

Open evidence for this scene

This sentence is an editorial paraphrase linked to the listed sources, not a direct quotation.

  • A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive

    John Stuart Mill · Project Gutenberg text based on the eighth edition

    Locator: Book III, chapter I §2 and chapter II §1

    Open source

Time × place

Where the idea met time and place

We do not invent a birthplace for an idea. Only evidence-backed events such as writing, publication, teaching, and reception appear here.

Keep the voyage moving

Where should this perspective lead?