Russell and Humean Inferences

Russell's The Problems of Philosophy tries to establish a new theory of induction, at the same time that Hume is there accused of an irrational/ scepticism about induction". But a careful analysis of the theory of knowledge explicitly acknowledged by Hume reveals that, contrary to the stan...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: João Paulo Monteiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2001-12-01
Series:Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology
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Online Access:http://www.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/17761/16345