Abstract
My first goal is to motivate a distinctively metaphysical approach to the problem of induction. I argue that there is a precise sense in which the only way that orthodox Humean and non-Humean views can justify induction is by appealing to extremely strong and unmotivated probabilistic biases. My second goal is to sketch what such a metaphysical approach could possibly look like. After sketching such an approach, I consider a toy case that illustrates the way in which such a metaphysics can help us make progress on the problem of induction.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 129-149 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | Philosophy and Phenomenological Research |
| Volume | 104 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 2022 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Philosophy
- History and Philosophy of Science