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A Demonstration of the Incompleteness of Calculi of Inductive Inference

Norton, John D. (2016) A Demonstration of the Incompleteness of Calculi of Inductive Inference. [Preprint]

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Abstract

A complete calculus of inductive inference captures the totality of facts about inductive support within some domain of propositions as relations or theorems within the calculus. It is demonstrated that there can be no complete, non-trivial calculus of inductive inference.


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Item Type: Preprint
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Norton, John D.jdnorton@pitt.edu
Keywords: completeness confirmation incompleteness induction probability
Subjects: General Issues > Confirmation/Induction
Depositing User: John Norton
Date Deposited: 22 Apr 2016 22:22
Last Modified: 22 Apr 2016 22:22
Item ID: 12052
Subjects: General Issues > Confirmation/Induction
Date: 21 April 2016
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/12052

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