1683 | We learn universals from many particulars [Aristotle] |
16576 | Science is based on induction, for general truths about fire, rhubarb and magnets [Buridan] |
19387 | Hypotheses come from induction, which is comparison of experiences [Leibniz] |
2198 | We assume similar secret powers behind similar experiences, such as the nourishment of bread [Hume] |
19234 | 'Induction' doesn't capture Greek 'epagoge', which is singulars in a mass producing the general [Peirce] |
17631 | Induction is inferring premises from consequences [Russell] |
2941 | Induction accepts the simplest law that fits our experiences [Wittgenstein] |
5190 | The induction problem is to prove generalisations about the future based on the past [Ayer] |
19462 | Induction passes from particular facts to other particulars, or to general laws, non-deductively [Ayer] |
21748 | More careful inductions gradually lead to the hypothetico-deductive method [Quine] |
3095 | Induction is an attempt to increase the coherence of our explanations [Harman] |
9661 | Induction is just reasonable methods of inferring the unobserved from the observed [Lewis] |
3709 | Induction must go beyond the evidence, in order to explain why the evidence occurred [Bonjour] |
6775 | Induction is inference to the best explanation, where the explanation is a law [Bird] |