Single Idea 15708

[catalogued under 14. Science / C. Induction / 1. Induction]

Full Idea

Inductive success is rewarded with more induction.

Gist of Idea

Inductive success is rewarded with more induction

Source

Susan A. Gelman (The Essential Child [2003], 11 'Broadening')

Book Reference

Gelman,Susan A.: 'The Essential Child' [OUP 2005], p.316


A Reaction

I love this one. Neat, accurate, and central to how we understand the world. I take inductive success to be stored as labels, concepts, categories, words and general truths, which are then our resource for further attempts.