Socrates • John P. McCaskey

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The History of Induction

Mar 12, 2015Jul 13, 2020 John 17868 Views 0 Comments Aristotle, David Hume, Francis Bacon, History of philosophy of science, Induction, John Stuart Mill, Richard Whately, Socrates, Thomas Reid

David Hume didn’t think he had anything important to say about induction. That’s just one myth in the history of induction.

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Induction in the Socratic Tradition

Apr 22, 2014Jul 13, 2020 John 7748 Views 1 Comment Aristotle, Francis Bacon, History of philosophy of science, Induction, Induction case studies, Socrates, William Whewell

McCaskey here seeks to recover a lost conception of induction, one whose leading theoreticians were William Whewell, Francis Bacon, Socrates, and Aristotle.

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Myths in the History of Induction

Nov 1, 2007May 19, 2016 John 4348 Views 0 Comments David Hume, History of philosophy of science, Induction, Socrates, St. John's University

St. John’s University, Philosophy Department, October 2007.

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