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The Problem of Justifying Inductive Reasoning

Author(s): Mitar Nedeljković
Subject(s): Philosophy, Logic
Published by: Филозофски факултет, Универзитет у Приштини
Keywords: induction; justification; philosophy of logic; philosophy of science.

Summary/Abstract: 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.

  • Issue Year: 51/2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 387-408
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Serbian
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