Qualitative inductive generalization and confirmation
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- Mathieu Beirlaen (UGent)
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- Inductive generalization is a defeasible type of inference which we use to reason from the particular to the universal. First, a number of systems are presented that provide different ways of implementing this inference pattern within first-order logic. These systems are defined within the adaptive logics framework for modeling defeasible reasoning. Next, the logics are reinterpreted as criteria of confirmation. It is argued that they withstand the comparison with two qualitative theories of confirmation, Hempel’s satisfaction criterion and hypothetico-deductive confirmation.
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- Inductive generalization, Confirmation, Hempel, Raven paradox, Adaptive logic
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01HGWR89BCX99VMFD8FG30QXN6
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- Beirlaen, Mathieu. “Qualitative Inductive Generalization and Confirmation.” Handbook of Abductive Cognition, edited by Lorenzo Magnani, Springer, 2023, pp. 351–80, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-10135-9_28.
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- Beirlaen, M. (2023). Qualitative inductive generalization and confirmation. In L. Magnani (Ed.), Handbook of abductive cognition (pp. 351–380). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10135-9_28
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- Beirlaen, Mathieu. 2023. “Qualitative Inductive Generalization and Confirmation.” In Handbook of Abductive Cognition, edited by Lorenzo Magnani, 351–80. Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10135-9_28.
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- Beirlaen, Mathieu. 2023. “Qualitative Inductive Generalization and Confirmation.” In Handbook of Abductive Cognition, ed by. Lorenzo Magnani, 351–380. Cham: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-10135-9_28.
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- 1.Beirlaen M. Qualitative inductive generalization and confirmation. In: Magnani L, editor. Handbook of abductive cognition. Cham: Springer; 2023. p. 351–80.
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- [1]M. Beirlaen, “Qualitative inductive generalization and confirmation,” in Handbook of abductive cognition, L. Magnani, Ed. Cham: Springer, 2023, pp. 351–380.
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