The Problem of Induction Dissolved; But are we better off?

American Philosophical Quarterly 53 (1):69-84 (2016)
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I begin by making some distinctions between kinds of response to a skeptical claim, the purpose of which is to explain what I mean by a "dissolution" of the problem of induction, and to focus on one of the ways it can be implemented. I then argue that previous attempts to dissolve the problem in this way fail, present mine, and defend it. Finally, I show that the dissolution of the problem doesn't improve our normative situation and may even worsen it.

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Ruth Weintraub
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