The principle of deduction is, that things which agree with the same thing agree with one another. The principle of induction is, that in the same ci… - William Fleming

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The principle of deduction is, that things which agree with the same thing agree with one another. The principle of induction is, that in the same circumstances and in the same substances, from the same causes the same effects will follow. The mathematical and metaphysical sciences are founded on deduction; the physical sciences rest on induction.

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William Fleming (1791 – 1866) was a British philosopher, and Professor of Moral Philosophy at the , known from his 1857 Vocabulary of philosophy, mental, moral, and metaphysical.

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