Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Reiss,J/Spreger,J, Susan A. Gelman and Sextus Empiricus

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14. Science / C. Induction / 1. Induction
Inductive success is rewarded with more induction [Gelman]
14. Science / C. Induction / 3. Limits of Induction
Children overestimate the power of a single example [Gelman]
Children make errors in induction by focusing too much on categories [Gelman]
If you don't view every particular, you may miss the one which disproves your universal induction [Sext.Empiricus]
14. Science / C. Induction / 6. Bayes's Theorem
The Bayesian approach is explicitly subjective about probabilities [Reiss/Sprenger]