Full Idea
Inductive inference is a matter of weighing evidence and judging probability, not of proof.
Gist of Idea
Inductive inference is not proof, but weighing evidence and probability
Source
Peter Lipton (Inference to the Best Explanation (2nd) [2004], 01 'Underd')
Book Reference
Lipton,Peter: 'Inference to the Best Explanation (2nd ed)' [Routledge 2004], p.5
A Reaction
This sounds like a plausible fallibilist response to the optimistic view of Aristotle.