Shifting the Paradigm : Alternative Perspectives on Induction.

Induction is the logical process we use to arrive at general claims, scientific laws, definitions, and predictions. This book offers state-of-the-art essays by experts who argue against the prevailing Humean view of inductive reasoning as an unreliable, enumerative argument. They present alternative...

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Main Author: Groarke, Louis F.
Other Authors: Biondi, Paolo C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin : De Gruyter, 2014.
Series:Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical Analysis.
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Summary:Induction is the logical process we use to arrive at general claims, scientific laws, definitions, and predictions. This book offers state-of-the-art essays by experts who argue against the prevailing Humean view of inductive reasoning as an unreliable, enumerative argument. They present alternative accounts in line with an on-going tradition that includes authors such as Socrates, Aristotle, the Scholastics, Goethe, Lonergan, and Rescher.
Physical Description:1 online resource (544 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783110369113
3110369117
9783110340273
3110340275
3110347776
9781306935807
1306935806
9783110347777
Language:In English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.