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The Impact of Meta-Induction: From Skepticism to Optimality
- Source :
- Philosophies, Vol 6, Iss 4, p 95 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2021.
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Abstract
- In the first section, five major attempts to solve the problem of induction and their failures are discussed. In the second section, an account of meta-induction is introduced. It offers a novel solution to the problem of induction, based on mathematical theorems about the predictive optimality of attractivity-weighted meta-induction. In the third section, how the a priori justification of meta-induction provides a non-circular a posteriori justification of object-induction, based on its superior track record, is explained. In the fourth section, four important extensions and refinements of the method of meta-induction are presented. The final section, summarizes the major impacts of the program of meta-induction for epistemology, the philosophy of science and cognitive science.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 24099287
- Volume :
- 6
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Philosophies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.f1c8b29bb1b64838acd47b5582f45e0f
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/philosophies6040095