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According to the material theory of induction, inductive inferences are not justified by universal formal rules. They are justified by background facts that only have local scope. Prof. Norton will defend the theory and then will argue that the probability calculus fails to provide a calculus of inductive inference universally applicable to all problems.
Conference website: https://www.vanleer.org.il/en/events/the-material-theory-of-induction/
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John D. Norton, The Material Theory of Induction
John D. Norton, collected papers on the Material theory of induction