Problem of Induction
Problem of Induction Links
- Conjectures PhD thesis of Peter Flach, investigating the `logic of induction' from philosophical and machine-learning perspectives.
- A Constructivist Approach to the Problem of Induction Article by Olaf Diettrich which appeared in Evolution and Cognition in 1995.
- Classical Problems of Inductive and Deductive Logic Undergraduate essay by Michael Keeley.
- Confirmation Theory Article by Michael Huemer defending inductive inference against Hume's argument by appeal to `inference to the best explanation', contrasting his approach to those of Goodman and Hempel.
- Mathematical Induction Lecture notes by Peter Suber, explaining the difference between inductive inference and mathematical induction (which is a species of deductive inference).
- The Problem of Induction Essay by Karl Popper, arguing that there is no such thing as inductive inference.
- Presuppositions and the Paradoxes of Confirmation Discussion by Michael Beaney in Disputatio of a paradox of confirmation due to Mark Sainsbury.
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