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Single Idea 21748
[filed under theme 14. Science / C. Induction / 2. Aims of Induction
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Full Idea
Our inductions become increasingly explicit and deliberate, and in the fulness of time we even rise above induction, to the hypothetico-deductive method.
Gist of Idea
More careful inductions gradually lead to the hypothetico-deductive method
Source
Willard Quine (On the Nature of Moral Values [1978], p.57)
Book Ref
Quine,Willard: 'Theories and Things' [Harvard 1981], p.57
A Reaction
This seems to defer to Hempel's account of scientific theorising. I wander what exactly 'rising above' means?
The
14 ideas
with the same theme
[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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