Logic, Inductive and DeductivePart 4 / Book 2 — Chapter VII.Reading editionChapter navigation75 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterLOGICINDUCTIVE AND DEDUCTIVEPREFACE.GENERAL PLAN OF THE SERIES.BOOK I.PART I.Chapter IChapter IIPART II.Chapter IChapter IIChapter IIIChapter IVPART III.Chapter IChapter IIChapter IIIChapter IVPART IV.Chapter IChapter IIChapter IIIChapter IVChapter VChapter VIChapter VIIChapter VIIIChapter IXBOOK II.Chapter IChapter IIChapter IIIChapter IVChapter VChapter VIChapter VIIChapter VIIIChapter IXChapter XINTRODUCTION.PART I.Chapter IChapter IIPART II.Chapter IChapter IIChapter IIIChapter IVPART III.Chapter IChapter IIChapter IIIChapter IVPART IV.Chapter IChapter IIChapter IIIChapter IVChapter VChapter VIChapter VIIChapter VIIIChapter IXINDUCTIVE LOGIC, OR THE LOGIC OF SCIENCE.Chapter IChapter IIChapter IIIChapter IVChapter VChapter VIChapter VIIChapter VIIIChapter IXChapter XPrevious chapter ←Part 4 / Book 2 — Chapter VINext chapter →Part 4 / Book 2 — Chapter VIIIAll chapters and sections (75)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsLOGICINDUCTIVE AND DEDUCTIVEPREFACE.GENERAL PLAN OF THE SERIES.Books1Parts1Part 1 · Chapters12Parts2Part 2 · Chapters1234Parts3Part 3 · Chapters1234Parts4Part 4 · Chapters123456789Part 4 / Book 2 · Books2Part 4 / Book 2 · Chapters12345678910Part 4 / Book 2 · Other sectionsINTRODUCTION.Part 1 · Parts1Part 1 · Chapters12Part 2 · Parts2Part 2 · Chapters1234Part 3 · Parts3Part 3 · Chapters1234Part 4 · Parts4Part 4 · Chapters123456789Part 4 / Book 2 · Other sectionsINDUCTIVE LOGIC, OR THE LOGIC OF SCIENCE.Part 4 / Book 2 · Chapters12345678910Chapter VII.The Method of Explanation. (1) The Four Stages of Orderly Procedure. (2) Obstacles to Explanation—Plurality of Causes and Intermixture of Effects. (3) The Proof of a Hypothesis, 334◇Notes in this chapterNote 1 · Footnote 3: Gorgias, 473 D.Note 2 · Footnote 1: Bain's Logic, bk. vi. chap. iii. Bacon intended his Idola to bear the same relation to his Novum Organum that Aristotle's FallacNote 3 · Footnote 2: Bagehot's Literary Studies, ii. 427.← Chapter VI.Chapter VIII. →