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One of the most interesting viewpoints from which inductive logic can be looked at is to ask what the different factors are that must be taken into account in singular inductive inference, i.e., in the usual technical jargon, what the arguments of the representative functions of one’s system of inductive methods are. It is well known that Carnap’s λ-continuum of inductive methods can be derived from essentially one single assumption concerning these arguments of the representative function.1 It is shown in this paper that a logic of inductive generalization is obtained if this assumption is weakened in a natural way.
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Hintikka, J., Niiniluoto, I. (1976). An Axiomatic Foundation for the Logic of Inductive Generalization. In: Przełęcki, M., Szaniawski, K., Wójcicki, R., Malinowski, G. (eds) Formal Methods in the Methodology of Empirical Sciences. Synthese Library, vol 103. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1135-8_4
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