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 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...

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Main Author:	Norton, John D.
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	University of Calgary Press 2024
Subjects:	Induction;inductive inference;deductive inference;Hume’s problem;the problem of induction;circularity;regress;hypothesis;local theory;self-supporting;recession of the nebulae;Newton on Gravitation;atomic spectra;radiocarbon dating;Dalton, Cannizzaro, atomic weights;history of planetary distances;dowsing;stock market prediction thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDA Philosophy of science thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTL Philosophy: logic thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDX History of science thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTB History of scholarship (principally of social sciences and humanities)
Online Access:	https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/92753
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