Abstract
Does a high degree of confirmation make an inductive argument valid? I will argue that it depends on the kind of question to which the argument is meant to be providing an answer. We should distinguish inductive generalization from inductive extrapolation even in cases where they might appear to have the same answer, and also from confirmation of a hypothesis.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 119-142 |
Number of pages | 23 |
Journal | Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric |
Volume | 46 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Keywords
- Probability
- Inductive generalization
- Inductive validity
- Confirmation