Hume, norton, and induction without rules

Thomas Kelly

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Hume, norton, and induction without rules

Thomas Kelly

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Does Hume's skeptical critique of inductive reasoning depend for its force on the assumption that such reasoning is a matter of following general rules? I explore this question in connection with John Norton's "Material Theory of Induction."

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	754-764
Number of pages	11
Journal	Philosophy of Science
Volume	77
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/656548
State	Published - Dec 2010

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