The Problem of Induction
Essay by Karl Popper, arguing that there is no such thing as inductive inference.
Confirmation Theory
Article by Michael Huemer defending inductive inference against Hume's argument by appeal to `inference to the best explanation', contrasting his approach to those of Goodman and Hempel.
Conjectures
PhD thesis of Peter Flach, investigating the `logic of induction' from philosophical and machine-learning perspectives.
Presuppositions and the Paradoxes of Confirmation
Discussion by Michael Beaney in Disputatio of a paradox of confirmation due to Mark Sainsbury.
Mathematical Induction
Lecture notes by Peter Suber, explaining the difference between inductive inference and mathematical induction (which is a species of deductive inference).
A Constructivist Approach to the Problem of Induction
Article by Olaf Diettrich which appeared in Evolution and Cognition in 1995.
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