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method of agreement
method of agreement The method of agreement is a historical reasoning method that compares several cases in which a phenomenon occurs and looks for the one shared circumstance among otherwise differing cases.
The method of agreement is a historical reasoning method that compares several cases in which a phenomenon occurs and looks for the one shared circumstance among otherwise differing cases. That common factor is then taken as evidence of a real connection, usually as a possible cause or effect, though the method is recognized as imperfect and often hard to apply in complex experience.