A Material Dissolution of the Problem of Induction


Συγγραφέας: John D. Norton


John D. Norton: A Material Dissolution of the Problem of Induction (pdf, 21 pages)
In a formal theory of induction, inductive inferences are licensed by universal schemas. In a material theory of induction, inductive inferences are licensed by facts. With this change in the conception of the nature of induction, I argue that the celebrated