<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Does a high degree of confirmation make an inductive argument valid? I will argue that it depends on the kind of question to which the argument is meant to be providing an answer. We should distinguish inductive generalization from inductive extrapolation even in cases where they might appear to have the same answer, and also from confirmation of a hypothesis.</p></abstract>

Does a high degree of confirmation make an inductive argument valid? I will argue that it depends on the kind of question to which the argument is meant to be providing an answer. We should distinguish inductive generalization from inductive extrapolation even in cases where they might appear to have the same answer, and also from confirmation of a hypothesis.

High Confirmation and Inductive Validity

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Does a high degree of confirmation make an inductive argument valid? I will argue that it depends on the kind of question to which the argument is meant to be...

High Confirmation and Inductive Validity

Published Online: Nov 23, 2016

Page range: 119 - 142

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/slgr-2016-0036

Keywords
probability, inductive generalization, inductive validity, confirmation

© 2016 Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric

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High Confirmation and Inductive Validity

Published Online: Nov 23, 2016

Page range: 119 - 142

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/slgr-2016-0036

Keywordsprobability, inductive generalization, inductive validity, confirmation

© 2016 Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
probability, inductive generalization, inductive validity, confirmation