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The Material Theory of Induction John D. Norton

The Material Theory of Induction By John D. Norton

The Material Theory of Induction by John D. Norton


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Paying close attention to how inductive inference is conducted in science and copiously illustrated with real-world examples, The Material Theory of Induction will initiate a new tradition in the analysis of inductive inference.

The Material Theory of Induction Summary

The Material Theory of Induction by John D. Norton

The fundamental burden of a theory of inductive inference is to determine which are the good inductive inferences or relations of inductive support and why it is that they are so. The traditional approach is modeled on that taken in accounts of deductive inference. It seeks universally applicable schemas or rules or a single formal device, such as the probability calculus. After millennia of halting efforts, none of these approaches has been unequivocally successful and debates between approaches persist.

The Material Theory of Induction identifies the source of these enduring problems in the assumption taken at the outset: that inductive inference can be accommodated by a single formal account with universal applicability. Instead, it argues that that there is no single, universally applicable formal account. Rather, each domain has an inductive logic native to it. Which that is, and its extent, is determined by the facts prevailing in that domain.

Paying close attention to how inductive inference is conducted in science and copiously illustrated with real-world examples, The Material Theory of Induction will initiate a new tradition in the analysis of inductive inference.

About John D. Norton

John D. Norton is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh. He is co-founder of philsci-archive, a preprint server in the philosophy of science, and of &HPS, a conference series in the integrated history and philosophy of science.

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NPB9781773852539
9781773852539
1773852531
The Material Theory of Induction by John D. Norton
New
Paperback
University of Calgary Press
2021-12-30
680
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