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Question of whether inductive reasoning leads to definitive knowledge
The problem of induction is a philosophical problem that questions the rationality of predictions about unobserved things based on previous observations. These inferences from the observed to the unobserved are known as "inductive inferences". David Hume, who first formulated the problem in 1739, argued that there is no non-circular way to justify inductive inferences, while he acknowledged that everyone does and must make such inferences. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Problem of inductionA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: A Study on Automated Problem Troubleshooting in Cloud Environments with Rule Induction and VerificationInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The Problems of PhilosophyThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: A solution to Plato's problem: The latent semantic analysis theory of acquisition, induction, and representation of knowledge.Cited 3,633 times
- Go sideways: New riddle of inductionA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Inductive reasoningA closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
A solution to Plato's problem: The latent semantic analysis theory of acquisition, induction, and representation of knowledge.
Inversion of the geomagnetic induction problem
Schema induction in children's analogical problem solving.
Reliability, Justification, and the Problem of Induction
A Two-dimensional Stationary Induction Heating Problem
THE PROBLEM OF THE PROBLEM OF INDUCTION
The transmission problem in primary embryonic induction
Transmission Problem in Primary Induction
🆕 Influential since 2022
A Study on Automated Problem Troubleshooting in Cloud Environments with Rule Induction and Verification
Data-Driven Inverse Problem for Optimizing the Induction Hardening Process of C45 Spur-Gear
Induction of Leaf Galls by Four-Legged Mites (Eriophyoidea) as a Problem of Developmental Biology
A numerical scheme for solving an induction heating problem with moving non-magnetic conductor
Negative mood induction effects on problem-solving task in women with eating disorders: a multi-method examination
📚 Books worth reading
The Problems of PhilosophyBertrand Russell · 1900
Discovering GeometryMichael Serra · 1989
The art of thinking clearlyRolf Dobelli, Rolf Dobelli · 2013- 📕The logical problem of inductionG. H. von Wright · 1941
Foundations of geometry & inductionJean Nicod · 1930
Intellectual arithmeticWarren Colburn · 1826
New Testament Greek workbookJames Arthur Walther · 1966
The Logical Problem Of InductionGeorg Henrik Von Wright · 1941
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