Induction Without the Uniformity Principle
Not all conceptions of induction rely on a uniformity principle. The Socratic, Aristotelian and Baconian didn’t.
ReadNot 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.
ReadA book review in The Objective Standard, Summer 2008.
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