Questions tagged [induction]
For posts concerning Induction, an analytical method that makes predictions of future results based on observations of past behavior.
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What is more important: simplicity or induction?
An argument by analogy is an inductive argument for the existence of other minds. An argument by analogy is enough to justify the belief in the existence of other minds.
But Occam's Razor offers a ...
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Abduction, deduction and induction in medical diagnosis and intervention
(Apologies if my views on logical inference are overly simplistic -- I'm a radiologist by profession, very far from a philosophy major. My goal is to understand what medical decisions are and where ...
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How do you prove mathematical induction without the notion of a set?
EDIT - Peano's axioms for N can't be used to answer this question, because they assume induction. So what axioms can be used? I am thinking the following:
P1. x ∈ N iff x=1 ∨ ∃y (x=y' ∧ y ∈ N)
P2. 0'...
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What is the relation between the uniformity of nature and determinism?
I read about Hume's argument that the uniformity of nature is a necessary condition for inductive reasoning to be valid, but we only have inductive reasons for believing in the uniformity in the first ...
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If induction is irrational, then should we blame someone who keeps making the same mistakes?
Suppose someone genuinely believes that they do not use induction, and for that reason press the big red button on the nuclear football, out of fun. One needs induction to know that it will blow ...
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Can meaning is use be the conclusion of an inductive argument?
I think anyone can deduce many things from and about how we use language (if I know you are a bachelor and the meaning of the word, then I know that you are not married), but can we (get outside our ...
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Is there any difference between abduction and induction in Bayesian terms?
In abduction we take some observations and try to find the hypothesis that best explains them.
In Bayesian terms this sounds like finding the Maximum A Posteriori (MAP) estimate. To a Bayesian, "...
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Explain what the simplicity in this argument is based on
Other people have minds because it is the best explanation for other people's behavior because the existence of other minds is a simpler and more understandable explanation:
It does not make me ...
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Does this argument support the simulation hypothesis?
https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmaker_analogy
Does this argument support the simulation hypothesis?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_hypothesis
Induction and argument by analogy is ...
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Is it reasonable to use induction to justify belief in the existence of other minds? [duplicate]
Is it reasonable to use an argument by analogy (induction) to justify belief in the existence of other minds?
The principle of the uniformity of nature is used in the argument by analogy.
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What is the best reference for understanding inductive theories of knowledge?
I am looking for a pedagogical outline of the inductive theory of knowledge. Something along the lines of a level textbook (graduate or undergraduate) reference rather than references to classic texts....
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Is scientific method entirely based on statistics (statistical inference)?
If I am correct the scientific method is an application of induction to science.
Is the scientific method entirely based on statistics (statistical inference)? (I guess so, because it makes use of ...
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Is the argument by analogy logically consistent?
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/other-minds/#ArguAnal
I'm a bit confused by the criticism here.
That is, this argument has no problems with logical sequence and if the premises are correct, then ...
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Is the problem of induction ultimately just a problem of justification?
Unless a statement is logically necessarily true or false, are we ever justified to make an inference on anything?
No matter what one uses or what reasons one comes up with to justify X, one can ...
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Is backtesting inductive reasoning?
We do backtesting in finance; that is, we guess hypotheses/premises, and then use previous data to verify it.
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Is backtesting inductive or deductive reasoning? (Here we have ...
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