Norton, John D. (2024) The Large-Scale Structure of Inductive Inference. BSPSopen . University of Calgary Press/BSPSopen, Calgary. ISBN 978-1-77385-541-7

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The Large-Scale Structure of Inductive Inference investigates the relations of inductive support on the large scale, among the totality of facts comprising a science or science in general. These relations form a massively entangled, non-hierarchical structure which is discovered by making hypotheses provisionally that are later supported by facts drawn from the entirety of the science. What results is a benignly circular, self-supporting inductive structure in which universal rules are not employed, the classical Humean problem cannot be formulated and analogous regress arguments fail.

The earlier volume, The Material Theory of Induction proposed that individual inductive inferences are warranted not by universal rules but by facts particular to each context. This book now investigates how the totality of these inductive inferences interact in a mature science. Each fact that warrants an individual inductive inference is in turn supported inductively by other facts. Numerous case studies in the history of science support, and illustrate further, those claims. This is a novel, thoroughly researched, and sustained remedy to the enduring failures of formal approaches to inductive inference.

With The Large-Scale Structure of Inductive Inference, author John D. Norton presents a novel, thoroughly researched, and sustained remedy to the enduring failures of formal approaches of inductive inference.

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Item Type:	Open Access Book
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Norton, John D. jdnorton@pitt.edu 0000-0003-0936-5308
Additional Information:	This book is available in an Open Access digital format published under a CC-BY-NCND 4.0 Creative Commons license, available freely to readers everywhere, at no cost to authors.
Keywords:	confirmation, induction, inductive inference, material theory of induction, probability
Subjects:	General Issues > Confirmation/Induction General Issues > History of Science Case Studies
Depositing User:	John Norton
Date Deposited:	03 Sep 2024 13:27
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2024 18:44
Item ID:	23867
Publisher:	University of Calgary Press/BSPSopen
Official URL:	https://ucp.manifoldapp.org/projects/9781773855417
Subjects:	General Issues > Confirmation/Induction General Issues > History of Science Case Studies
Date:	15 August 2024
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/23867

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