Surf these sites: A Constructivist Approach to the Problem of Induction -- Article by Olaf Diettrich which appeared in Evolution and Cognition in 1995. Classical Problems of Inductive and Deductive Logic -- Undergraduate essay by Michael Keeley. Confirmation Theory -- Article by Michael Huemer defending inductive inference against Hume''s argument by appeal to `inference to the best explanation'', contrasting his approach to those of Goodman and Hempel. Conjectures -- PhD thesis of Peter Flach, investigating the `logic of induction'' from philosophical and machine-learning perspectives. Mathematical Induction -- Lecture notes by Peter Suber, explaining the difference between inductive inference and mathematical induction (which is a species of deductive inference). Presuppositions and the Paradoxes of Confirmation -- Discussion by Michael Beaney in Disputatio of a paradox of confirmation due to Mark Sainsbury. The Problem of Induction -- Essay by Karl Popper, arguing that there is no such thing as inductive inference.
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