Can the Best-Alternative Justification Solve Hume’s Problem? On the Limits of a Promising Approach
Philosophy of Science 77 (4):584-593 (2010)
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Eckhart Arnold
Bavarian Academy of Sciences And Humanities
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In a recent Philosophy of Science article Gerhard Schurz proposes meta-inductivistic prediction strategies as a new approach to Hume's. This comment examines the limitations of Schurz's approach. It can be proven that the meta-inductivist approach does not work any more if the meta-inductivists have to face an infinite number of alternative predictors. With his limitation it remains doubtful whether the meta-inductivist can provide a full solution to the problem of induction.
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| Keywords | Problem of Induction Hume's Problem Meta-Induction |
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| DOI | 10.1086/656010 |
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Hume's Problem: Induction and the Justification of Belief.Colin Howson - 2000 - Oxford University Press.
The Meta‐Inductivist’s Winning Strategy in the Prediction Game: A New Approach to Hume’s Problem.Gerhard Schurz - 2008 - Philosophy of Science 75 (3):278-305.
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