ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1973. This book presents a valid mode of reasoning that is different to mathematical probability. This inductive logic is investigated in terms of scientific investigation. The author presents his criteria of adequacy for analysing inductive support for hypotheses and discusses each of these criteria in depth. The chapters cover philosophical problems and paradoxes about experimental support, probability and justifiability, ending with a system of logical syntax of induction. Each section begins with a summary of its contents and there is a glossary of technical terms to aid the reader.

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

chapter II|38 pages

The Ranking of Experimental Support

chapter IV|36 pages

Induction and Probability

chapter V|41 pages

Some Non-Standard Uses of Induction

chapter VI|24 pages

The Justifiability of Induction

chapter VII|29 pages

A Formalisation of Inductive Syntax