The pessimistic induction: a bad argument gone too far
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The pessimistic induction: a bad argument gone too far
In this paper, I consider the pessimistic induction construed as a deductive argument (specifically, reductio ad absurdum) and as an inductive argument (specifically, inductive generalization). I argue that both formulations of the pessimistic induction are fallacious. I also consider another possible interpretation of the pessimistic induction, namely, as pointing to counterexamples to the sci...
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عنوان ژورنال: Synthese
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0039-7857,1573-0964
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-012-0138-3