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Full Idea
If an inference is inductive, then by definition it is underdetermined by the evidence and the rules of deduction.
Gist of Idea
An inductive inference is underdetermined, by definition
Source
Peter Lipton (Inference to the Best Explanation (2nd) [2004], 01 'Underd')
Book Ref
Lipton,Peter: 'Inference to the Best Explanation (2nd ed)' [Routledge 2004], p.7