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Author(s): Georg Henrik von Wright
ISBN(s): 9780415225489, 0415225485
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Year: 2001
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ISBN 10: 0415225485 
ISBN 13: 9780415225489
Author: Georg Henrik Von Wright

First published in 2000. This present book is primarily a treatise on induction. As such its aim is to examine, in the light of standards of logical correctness, various types of argument which can be grouped under the common heading of induction.

A Treatise on Induction and Probability 1st Table of contents:

CHAPTER ONE: INDUCTION AND ITS PROBLEMS

  1. On the Division of Knowledge. Anticipation and Induction

  2. On the Division of Science. The savoir pour prévoir

  3. Induction and Discovery

  4. The Justification of Induction

  5. The Three Problems of Induction

CHAPTER TWO: PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS ON LOGIC

  1. On Propositions

  2. On Properties

  3. On Relations

  4. On Numbers

  5. On Sequences

CHAPTER THREE: THE FORM OF INDUCTIVE ARGUMENTS — LAWS OF NATURE

  1. Induction as Inference

  2. The Logic of Conditions

  3. Statistical Laws

CHAPTER FOUR: INDUCTION AND ELIMINATION

  1. The Methods of Induction

  2. The Method of Elimination. General Remarks

  3. The Method of Agreement. The Simple Case

  4. The Method of Difference. The Simple Case

  5. The Joint Method. The Simple Case

  6. The Method of Agreement. The Complex Case

  7. The Method of Difference. The Complex Case

  8. The Joint Method. The Complex Case

  9. Elimination and the Practice of Science

CHAPTER FIVE: INDUCTION AND DEDUCTION

  1. The Supplementary Premises of Induction

  2. The Deterministic Postulate

  3. The Selection Postulate

CHAPTER SIX: INDUCTION AND DEFINITION

  1. Actual and Ideal Induction

  2. Induction and the Formation of Concepts

  3. Induction and the Rectification of Laws

  4. Remarks on the Historical Development of the Logic of Inductive Truth

CHAPTER SEVEN: THE LOGIC OF PROBABILITY

  1. The Concepts of Probability

  2. The Calculus of Probability

  3. The Axioms

  4. The Process of Inference

  5. The Maximum Principle

  6. The Multiplication Principle

  7. The Principle of Extensionality

  8. The Principle of Equivalence

  9. The Addition Principle

  10. The Inverse Principle

  11. The Composition Principle

  12. Independence

  13. The Generalized Elementary Principles

  14. Independence-Realms

  15. The Direct Principles of Maximum Probability and of Great Numbers

  16. The Inverse Principles of Maximum Probability and of Great Numbers

  17. Pseudo-Deductions of the Inverse Principles of Maximum Probability and of Great Numbers

  18. The Principle of Succession

  19. The Interpretation of the Calculus and the Analysis of Probability

  20. Frequency, Possibility, Degree of Belief, and Probability

CHAPTER EIGHT: PROBABILITY AND PREDICTION

  1. Induction and Probability

  2. The Idea of Chance

  3. Random Distribution, Equal Possibility, Rational Degree of Belief, and Chance

  4. Chance and Determinism

CHAPTER NINE: PROBABILITY AND LAWS OF NATURE

  1. The Concept of Real Inductive Probability

  2. The Argument from Confirmation

  3. The Paradox of Confirmation

  4. The Argument from Simplicity

  5. The Argument from Analogy

  6. Inductive Probability and Types of Law

CHAPTER TEN: INDUCTION AND INVERSE PROBABILITY

  1. The Concept of Apparent Inductive Probability

  2. The Probability of Causes

  3. Inductions from Statistical Samples

  4. The Probability of Future Events

  5. Remarks on the Historical Development of the Logic of Inductive Probability

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