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 eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Calgary University of Calgary Press 2024
SeriesBSPS Open
Subjects
atomic spectra
atomic weights
Cannizzaro
circularity
Dalton
Dalton, Cannizzaro, atomic weights
deductive inference
dowsing
history of planetary distances
History of scholarship (principally of social sciences and humanities)
History of science
Hume’s problem
hypothesis
Induction
Induction (Logic)
inductive inference
Interdisciplinary studies
local theory
Mathematics and Science
Newton on Gravitation
Philosophy
Philosophy and Religion
Philosophy of science
Philosophy: logic
radiocarbon dating
recession of the nebulae
Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects
regress
SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects
Science: general issues
self-supporting
stock market prediction
the problem of induction
Topics in philosophy
circularity
dowsing
recession of the nebulae
Induction
atomic spectra
regress
self-supporting
the problem of induction
history of planetary distances
local theory
radiocarbon dating
Newton on Gravitation
deductive inference
stock market prediction
Dalton, Cannizzaro, atomic weights
inductive inference
hypothesis
Hume’s problem
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents --
  • List of Figures --
  • 5 Coherentism and the Material Theory of Induction --
  • 9 Mutually Supporting Evidence in Atomic Spectra --
  • Preface --
  • 8 Newton on Universal Gravitation --
  • Index
  • List of Tables --
  • 2 Large-Scale Structure: Four Claims --
  • 4 The Uniqueness of Domain-Specific Inductive Logics --
  • Afterword --
  • 13 Dowsing: The Instabilities of Evidential Competition --
  • 7 The Recession of the Nebulae --
  • 10 Mutually Supporting Evidence in Radiocarbon Dating --
  • 12 The Use of Hypotheses in Determining Distances in Our Planetary System --
  • Part I — General Claims and Arguments --
  • 6 The Problem of Induction --
  • Frontmatter --
  • 11 The Determination of Atomic Weights --
  • 1 The Material Theory of Induction, Briefly --
  • 14 Stock Market Prediction: When Inductive Logics Compete --
  • Introduction --
  • 3 Circularity --
  • Part II — Historical Case Studies --