The composition of causes was a set of philosophical laws advanced by John Stuart Mill in his watershed essay A System of Logic. These laws outlined Mill's view of the epistemological components of emergentism,[1] a school of philosophical laws that posited a decidedly opportunistic approach to the classic dilemma of causation nullification.
Mill was determined to prove that the intrinsic properties of all things relied on three primary tenets, which he called the "composition of causes". These were:
Furthermore, the composition of causes elevated Mill's standing in ontological circles, lauded by his contemporaries for applying a conceptual vision of an often-argued discipline.