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'Writing the Book of the World', 'fragments/reports' and 'Philosophy of Science'
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14. Science / C. Induction / 2. Aims of Induction
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Induction is inference to the best explanation, where the explanation is a law [Bird]
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14. Science / C. Induction / 3. Limits of Induction
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If Hume is right about induction, there is no scientific knowledge [Bird]
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Anything justifying inferences from observed to unobserved must itself do that [Bird]
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14. Science / C. Induction / 5. Paradoxes of Induction / a. Grue problem
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Problem predicates in induction don't reflect the structure of nature [Sider]
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Any conclusion can be drawn from an induction, if we use grue-like predicates [Bird]
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Several months of observing beech trees supports the deciduous and evergreen hypotheses [Bird]
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We normally learn natural kinds from laws, but Goodman shows laws require prior natural kinds [Bird]
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Two applications of 'grue' do not guarantee a similarity between two things [Sider]
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14. Science / C. Induction / 6. Bayes's Theorem
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Bayes produces weird results if the prior probabilities are bizarre [Sider]
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Bayesianism claims to find rationality and truth in induction, and show how science works [Bird]
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