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Empiricism and Philosophy of PhysicsInduction and Concept Formation

Empiricism and Philosophy of Physics: Induction and Concept Formation [The topic of this chapter is the induction problem. The views of Hume, Goodman, Quine and Wittgenstein are discussed, and their common stance, that inductive thinking is a natural habit among us humans, is stressed. Such natural habits make up the basis for concept formation, a point made by e.g. Wittgenstein in On Certainty. The demand for ultimate justification of induction should be rejected as a rationalistic mistake.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Empiricism and Philosophy of PhysicsInduction and Concept Formation

Part of the Synthese Library Book Series (volume 434)
Johansson, Lars-Göran
Empiricism and Philosophy of Physics — Jan 14, 2021
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Springer International Publishing
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978-3-030-64952-4
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73 –89
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10.1007/978-3-030-64953-1_5
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[The topic of this chapter is the induction problem. The views of Hume, Goodman, Quine and Wittgenstein are discussed, and their common stance, that inductive thinking is a natural habit among us humans, is stressed. Such natural habits make up the basis for concept formation, a point made by e.g. Wittgenstein in On Certainty. The demand for ultimate justification of induction should be rejected as a rationalistic mistake.]

Published: Jan 14, 2021

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