Induction Without the Uniformity Principle
Not all conceptions of induction rely on a uniformity principle. The Socratic, Aristotelian and Baconian didn’t.
ReadHistory of philosophy of science
Not all conceptions of induction rely on a uniformity principle. The Socratic, Aristotelian and Baconian didn’t.
ReadDavid Hume didn’t think he had anything important to say about induction. That’s just one myth in the history of induction.
ReadMill’s project was not to promote induction but to replace it with his own Hypothetical and Deductive Methods.
ReadAn article, co-authored with Steffen Ducheyne, in which I trace the sources for John Stuart Mill’s views on induction.
ReadUniversity of Pittsburgh, Center for Philosophy of Science, October 17, 2014.
ReadMcCaskey here seeks to recover a lost conception of induction, one whose leading theoreticians were William Whewell, Francis Bacon, Socrates, and Aristotle.
ReadNew York University, History of Science Lecture Series, December 4, 2013.
ReadIn this seminar, we examine the shift from a Newtonian and Baconian outlook on science to a statistically oriented one.
ReadIn this course, we examine centuries of disagreements over what constitutes valid scientific method.
ReadHOPOS Conference, Budapest, Hungary, June, 2010.
ReadSt. John’s University, Philosophy Department, October 2007.
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