Archaeological Inference and Inductive Confirmation

Inductive Inference

Ramsification and inductive inference

An argument, different from the Newman objection, against the view that the cognitive content of a theory is exhausted by its Ramsey sentence is reviewed. The crux of the argument is that Ramsification may ruin inductive systematization between theory and observation. The argument also has some implications concerning the issue of underdetermination.

Bayesian Confirmation Theory: Inductive Logic, or Mere Inductive Framework?

Does the Bayesian theory of confirmation put real constraints on our inductive behavior? Or is it just a framework for systematizing whatever kind of inductive behavior we prefer? Colin Howson (Hume’s Problem) has recently championed the second view. I argue that he is wrong, in that the Bayesian apparatus as it is usually deployed does constrain our judgments of inductive import, but also that...

Inductive Inference and Language Learning

The present paper is a short reflection concerning the role which inductive inference played and can play in language learning. We shortly recall some major insights obtained and outline some new directions based on own work and results recently presented in the literature.

Inductive Inference and Link Analysis

Like link analysis, our approach to inductive inference has been concerned with observing behavioral elements or entities; determining how they are related within a specified domain; and describing how these entities may combine to classify or predict (even as-yet-unobserved) behaviors. Both the analysis and inference processes thus can define "all" the behaviors within a domain or "all" the co...