Naturalizing Logic: How Knowledge of Mechanisms Enhances Inductive Inference
This paper naturalizes inductive inference by showing how scientific knowledge of real mechanisms provides large benefits to it. I show how knowledge about mechanisms contributes to generalization, inference to the best explanation, causal inference, and reasoning with probabilities. Generalization...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-06-01
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| Series: | Philosophies |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2409-9287/6/2/52 |