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Single Idea 19387
[filed under theme 14. Science / C. Induction / 2. Aims of Induction
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Full Idea
We construct a hypothesis on the basis of an induction, that is on the basis of a comparison of experiences.
Gist of Idea
Hypotheses come from induction, which is comparison of experiences
Source
Gottfried Leibniz (Elements of Law and Justice [1669], p.2)
Book Ref
Leibniz,Gottfried: 'Leibniz Selections', ed/tr. Wiener,Philip P. [Scribners 1951], p.2
A Reaction
This fits the traditional positivist picture of science (observe-hypothesise-predict-observe). I like the definition of induction as 'comparison of experiences', because it doesn't reduce it to sequences of objects, and points to coherence.
The
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[possible targets for inductive thinking]:
1683
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We learn universals from many particulars
[Aristotle]
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16576
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Science is based on induction, for general truths about fire, rhubarb and magnets
[Buridan]
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19387
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Hypotheses come from induction, which is comparison of experiences
[Leibniz]
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2198
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We assume similar secret powers behind similar experiences, such as the nourishment of bread
[Hume]
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19234
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'Induction' doesn't capture Greek 'epagoge', which is singulars in a mass producing the general
[Peirce]
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17631
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Induction is inferring premises from consequences
[Russell]
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2941
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Induction accepts the simplest law that fits our experiences
[Wittgenstein]
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5190
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The induction problem is to prove generalisations about the future based on the past
[Ayer]
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19462
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Induction passes from particular facts to other particulars, or to general laws, non-deductively
[Ayer]
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21748
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More careful inductions gradually lead to the hypothetico-deductive method
[Quine]
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3095
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Induction is an attempt to increase the coherence of our explanations
[Harman]
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9661
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Induction is just reasonable methods of inferring the unobserved from the observed
[Lewis]
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3709
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Induction must go beyond the evidence, in order to explain why the evidence occurred
[Bonjour]
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6775
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Induction is inference to the best explanation, where the explanation is a law
[Bird]
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