The Large-Scale Structure of Inductive Inference

The Large-Scale Structure of Inductive Inference investigates the relations of inductive support on the large scale, among...
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Author: John D. Norton
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The Large-Scale Structure of Inductive Inference by Norton, John D.

The Large-Scale Structure of Inductive Inference

$182.02

The Large-Scale Structure of Inductive Inference

$182.02
Author: John D. Norton
Format: Paperback
Language: English

The Large-Scale Structure of Inductive Inference investigates the relations of inductive support on the large scale, among the totality of facts comprising a science or science in general. These relations form a massively entangled, non-hierarchical structure which is discovered by making hypotheses provisionally that are later supported by facts drawn from the entirety of the science. What results is a benignly circular, self-supporting inductive structure in which universal rules are not employed, the classical Humean problem cannot be formulated and analogous regress arguments fail.

The earlier volume, The Material Theory of Induction, proposed that individual inductive inferences are warranted not by universal rules but by facts particular to each context. This book now investigates how the totality of these inductive inferences interact in a mature science. Each fact that warrants an individual inductive inference is in turn supported inductively by other facts. Numerous case studies in the history of science support, and illustrate further, those claims. This is a novel, thoroughly researched, and sustained remedy to the enduring failures of formal approaches to inductive inference.

With The Large-Scale Structure of Inductive Inference, author John D. Norton presents a novel, thoroughly researched, and sustained remedy to the enduring failures of formal approaches of inductive inference.



Author: John D. Norton
Publisher: University of Calgary Press
Published: 08/15/2024
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.32lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.22d
ISBN: 9781773855400

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