Bartelborth, Thomas (2020) The rehabilitation of deductive reasoning. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 35 (2). pp. 139-154. ISSN 2171-679X
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Abstract
The paper aims at the rehabilitation of deductive reasoning. As a paradigm of reliable reasoning, it should be applicable in every confirmation context. In particular, it should transmit inductive justification, so that if D justifies a hypothesis H, then D also justifies all deductive conclusions from H. Nevertheless, most current philosophers of science reject such a transmission principle as false. They argue against it by providing apparent counter-examples and also by showing that it is incompatible with common confirmation theories such as HD-confirmation and Bayesianism. I argue in the opposite direction that we should stick to the transmission principle and revise instead our justification theories towards more cautious justification procedures that respect the transmission principle. This will avoid further paradoxes of these theories and, in particular, will enable us to apply our confirmed hypotheses to new situations in a well-founded way.
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| Additional Information: | ISSN: 0495-4548 (print) | ||||||
| Keywords: | confirmation, epistemic justification, transmission of justification, theory choice, Bayesianism. | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Confirmation/Induction General Issues > Decision Theory General Issues > Evidence Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics |
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| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email theoria@ehu.es | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 26 May 2020 03:23 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 26 May 2020 03:23 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 17206 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science | ||||||
| Publisher: | Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea / Universidad del País Vasco | ||||||
| Official URL: | https://www.ehu.eus/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/... | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1387/theoria.20549 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Confirmation/Induction General Issues > Decision Theory General Issues > Evidence Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics |
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| Date: | May 2020 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 139-154 | ||||||
| Volume: | 35 | ||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 2171-679X | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/17206 |
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