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

Full Idea

Typically, psychologists use 'induction' to refer to the capacity to generalise a property from a category (the source) to another category (the target).

Gist of Idea

Psychologists use 'induction' as generalising a property from one category to another

Source

Edouard Machery (Doing Without Concepts [2009], 7.1.1)

Book Reference

Machery,Edouard: 'Doing Without Concepts' [OUP 2009], p.197


A Reaction

This is because psychologists are interested in the ongoing activities of thought. Philosophers step back a bit, to ask how the whole thing could get started. Philosophical induction has to start with individuals and single observations.