Shifting the Paradigm
Alternative Perspectives on Induction
Induction, which involves a leap from the particular to the universal, has always been a puzzling phenomenon for those attempting to investigate the origins of knowledge. Although traditionally accepted as the engine of first principles, the authority of inductive reasoning has been undermined in the modern age by empiricist criticisms that derive notably from Hume, who insisted that induction is an invalid line of reasoning that ends in unreliable future predictions. The present volume challenges this Humean orthodoxy.It begins with a thorough consideration of Hume's original position and continues with a series of state-of-the-art essays t…
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Weitere Autoren: Groarke, Louis F. (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-3-11-036911-3
- EAN: 9783110369113
- Produktnummer: 16233636
- Verlag: De Gruyter
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 544 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
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Paolo C. Biondi, University of Sudbury, Canada; Louis Groarke, Saint Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Canada.
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