Evidence and Inductive Inference
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Climenhaga, Nevin. (2024). Evidence and Inductive Inference. In In Lasonen-Aarnio, Maria and Littlejohn, Clayton (Ed.). The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Evidence pp. 435-449 Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315672687-39
Authors | Climenhaga, Nevin |
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Editors | Lasonen-Aarnio, Maria and Littlejohn, Clayton |
Abstract | This chapter presents a typology of the different kinds of inductive inferences we can draw from our evidence, based on the explanatory relationship between evidence and conclusion. Drawing on the literature on graphical models of explanation, I divide inductive inferences into (a) downwards inferences, which proceed from cause to effect; (b) upwards inferences, which proceed from effect to cause; and (c) sideways inferences, which proceed first from effect to cause and then from that cause to an additional effect. I further distinguish between direct and indirect forms of downwards and upwards inferences. I then show how we can subsume canonical forms of inductive inference mentioned in the literature, such as inference to the best explanation, enumerative induction, and analogical inference, under this typology. Along the way, I explore connections with probability and confirmation, epistemic defeat, the relation between abduction and enumerative induction, the compatibility of IBE and Bayesianism, and theories of epistemic justification. |
Keywords | Humanities; evidence; conclusion; inferences; induction; logic; reasoning |
Page range | 435-449 |
Year | 01 Jan 2024 |
Book title | The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Evidence |
Publisher | Routledge |
Place of publication | United States |
Edition | 1 |
ISBN | 978-1-13-894317-9 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315672687-39 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315672687-39/evidence-inductive-inference-nevin-climenhaga |
Open access | Published as non-open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 19 Dec 2023 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 2023 |
Deposited | 24 Jun 2024 |
Additional information | © Routledge, 2024. |
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