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VOCABULARY OF PHILOSOPHY – CONSILIENCE of INDUCTIONS

CONSILIENCE of INDUCTIONS takes place when an induction obtained from one class of facts coincides with an induction obtained from a different class. This consilience is the test of the truth of the theory in which it occurs (Whewell, Philosoph. Induct. Sci.).

Paley’s Horœ Paulinæ, gathering together a number of «undesigned coincidences,» is an example of the consilience of inductions.