https://e-sygoing.link Latest links in the Problem of Induction category en-us Thu, 21 May 2026 06:03:42 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7782755-conjectures PhD thesis of Peter Flach, investigating the `logic of induction' from philosophical and machine-learning perspectives. Fri, 24 Oct 2025 21:32:55 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7782755 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7782757-confirmation-theory Article by Michael Huemer defending inductive inference against Hume's argument by appeal to `inference to the best explanation', contrasting his approach to those of Goodman and Hempel. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 06:22:18 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7782757 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7782759-presuppositions-and-the-paradoxes-of-confirmation Discussion by Michael Beaney in Disputatio of a paradox of confirmation due to Mark Sainsbury. Wed, 28 May 2025 10:16:49 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7782759 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7782754-the-problem-of-induction Essay by Karl Popper, arguing that there is no such thing as inductive inference. Sun, 01 Sep 2024 21:49:27 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7782754 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7782758-a-constructivist-approach-to-the-problem-of-induction Article by Olaf Diettrich which appeared in Evolution and Cognition in 1995. Thu, 16 May 2024 02:55:38 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7782758 https://e-sygoing.link/link/7782756-mathematical-induction Lecture notes by Peter Suber, explaining the difference between inductive inference and mathematical induction (which is a species of deductive inference). Tue, 23 Jan 2024 23:00:58 -0500 https://e-sygoing.link/go/7782756