The problem of justifying inductive reasoning

In this paper, the author considers the classical strategies of defense from Hume's argument against induction, and assesses the extent to which they were found to be successful. Synthetic, linguistic, a priori, pragmatic, and inductive strategies of defending induction are considered, as well...

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Autor principal: Nedeljković Mitar Z.
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:b81dc560fe7d47c1b0bf5d3772e8fe372021-12-05T21:40:07ZThe problem of justifying inductive reasoning0354-32932217-808210.5937/ZRFFP51-30620https://doaj.org/article/b81dc560fe7d47c1b0bf5d3772e8fe372021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0354-3293/2021/0354-32932102387N.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/0354-3293https://doaj.org/toc/2217-8082In this paper, the author considers the classical strategies of defense from Hume's argument against induction, and assesses the extent to which they were found to be successful. Synthetic, linguistic, a priori, pragmatic, and inductive strategies of defending induction are considered, as well as the question of the extent to which the justification of induction is a problem for grounding scientific knowledge. A new argument is introduced for the a priori justification of induction, as well as a critique of the synthetic and inductive defenses of induction by Black and Jacquette.Nedeljković Mitar Z.Faculty of Philosophy, Kosovska Mitrovicaarticleinductionjustificationphilosophy of logicphilosophy of scienceHistory of scholarship and learning. The humanitiesAZ20-999ENSRZbornik Radova Filozofskog Fakulteta u Prištini, Vol 51, Iss 2, Pp 387-408 (2021)
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topic induction
justification
philosophy of logic
philosophy of science
History of scholarship and learning. The humanities
AZ20-999
spellingShingle induction
justification
philosophy of logic
philosophy of science
History of scholarship and learning. The humanities
AZ20-999
Nedeljković Mitar Z.
The problem of justifying inductive reasoning
description In this paper, the author considers the classical strategies of defense from Hume's argument against induction, and assesses the extent to which they were found to be successful. Synthetic, linguistic, a priori, pragmatic, and inductive strategies of defending induction are considered, as well as the question of the extent to which the justification of induction is a problem for grounding scientific knowledge. A new argument is introduced for the a priori justification of induction, as well as a critique of the synthetic and inductive defenses of induction by Black and Jacquette.
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