John Stuart Mill (19th century) proposed various methods of induction. With the “method of ___________,” one identifies two phenomena that are similar in all regards but one which is present in one but absent in the other.

a. difference
b. concomitance
c. conflation
d. contrast


Answer: a. difference

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Mrs. Leyland always gets extremely nervous every time her 8-year-old son, Trent, is up

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