Problem of Induction Philosophy of Logic

Lecture notes by Peter Suber, explaining the difference between inductive inference and mathematical induction (which is a species of deductive inference).

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• The Problem of Induction - Essay by Karl Popper, arguing that there is no such thing as inductive inference.
• Mathematical Induction - Lecture notes by Peter Suber, explaining the difference between inductive philosophy inference and mathematical induction (which is a species of deductive philosophy inference).
• Confirmation Theory - Article by Michael Huemer defending inductive inference against problem of induction Hume\\'s argument by appeal to `inference to the problem of induction best explanation\\', contrasting his approach to those of problem of induction Goodman and Hempel.
• Presuppositions and the Paradoxes of Confirmation - Discussion by Michael Beaney in Disputatio of a philosophy of logic paradox of confirmation due to Mark Sainsbury.[PDF]
• Conjectures - PhD thesis of Peter Flach, investigating the `logic of induction\' from philosophical and machine-learning perspectives.

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