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[filed under theme 14. Science / C. Induction / 1. Induction
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Full Idea
Some philosophers use 'inductive' to just mean not deductive, …but we reserve it for inferences from examined to unexamined instances of a given kind.
Gist of Idea
Induction is inferences from examined to unexamined instances of a given kind
Source
Samir Okasha (Philosophy of Science: Very Short Intro (2nd ed) [2016], 2)
Book Ref
Okasha,Samir: 'Philosophy of Science: very short intro (2nd ed)' [OUP 2016], p.24
A Reaction
The instances must at least be comparable. Must you know the kind before you start? Surely you can examine a sequence of things, trying to decide whether or not they are of one kind? Is checking the uniformity of a kind induction?
The
27 ideas
with the same theme
[obtaining general truth from many instances]:
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5854
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Nobody fears a disease which nobody has yet caught
[Aristotle]
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12271
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Induction is the progress from particulars to universals
[Aristotle]
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5714
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Even simple facts are hard to believe at first hearing
[Lucretius]
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17027
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Science deduces propositions from phenomena, and generalises them by induction
[Newton]
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7446
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The idea of inductive evidence, around 1660, made Hume's problem possible
[Hume, by Hacking]
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16845
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The whole theory of induction rests on causes
[Mill]
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16843
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Mill's methods (Difference,Agreement,Residues,Concomitance,Hypothesis) don't nail induction
[Mill, by Lipton]
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8624
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Induction is merely psychological, with a principle that it can actually establish laws
[Frege]
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8626
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In science one observation can create high probability, while a thousand might prove nothing
[Frege]
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22200
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If you eliminate the impossible, the truth will remain, even if it is weird
[Conan Doyle]
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16941
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Induction relies on similar effects following from each cause
[Quine]
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16940
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Induction is just more of the same: animal expectations
[Quine]
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6955
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Enumerative induction is inference to the best explanation
[Harman]
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7369
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Brains are essentially anticipation machines
[Dennett]
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16804
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Induction is repetition, instances, deduction, probability or causation
[Lipton]
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9163
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If we only use induction to assess induction, it is empirically indefeasible, and hence a priori
[Field,H]
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6352
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Enumerative induction gives a universal judgement, while statistical induction gives a proportion
[Pollock/Cruz]
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15708
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Inductive success is rewarded with more induction
[Gelman]
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16254
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Induction leaps into the unknown, but usually lands safely
[Maudlin]
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4584
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The problem of induction is how to justify our belief in the uniformity of nature
[Baggini /Fosl]
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18690
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Induction is said to just compare properties of categories, but the type of property also matters
[Murphy]
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14953
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Induction is reasoning from the observed to the unobserved
[Ladyman/Ross]
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22176
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Induction is inferences from examined to unexamined instances of a given kind
[Okasha]
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18609
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Psychologists use 'induction' as generalising a property from one category to another
[Machery]
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18610
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'Ampliative' induction infers that all members of a category have a feature found in some of them
[Machery]
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14551
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If causation were necessary, the past would fix the future, and induction would be simple
[Mumford/Anjum]
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14571
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The only full uniformities in nature occur from the essences of fundamental things
[Mumford/Anjum]
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