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  1. Front Matter
    1. Series
    2. Title Page
    3. Copyright
  2. Preface
  3. Contents
  4. Prolog
  5. The Material Theory of Induction Stated and Illustrated
  6. What Powers Inductive Inference?
  7. Replicability of Experiment
  8. Analogy
  9. Epistemic Virtues and Epistemic Values: A Skeptical Critique
  10. Simplicity as a Surrogate
  11. Simplicity in Model Selection
  12. Inference to the Best Explanation: The General Account
  13. Inference to the Best Explanation: Examples
  14. Why Not Bayes
  15. Circularity in the Scoring Rule Vindication of Probabilities
  16. No Place to Stand: The Incompleteness of All Calculi of Inductive Inference
  17. Infinite Lottery Machines
  18. Uncountable Problems
  19. Indeterministic Physical Systems
  20. A Quantum Inductive Logic
  21. Epilog
  22. Index

© 2021 John D. Norton

University of Calgary Press

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Calgary, Alberta

Canada T2N 1N4

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All rights reserved.

This book is available in an Open Access digital format published under a CC-by-nc-nd 4.0 Creative Commons license, available freely to readers everywhere, at no cost to authors. The publisher should be contacted for any commercial use which falls outside the terms of that license.

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Title: The material theory of induction / John D. Norton.

Names: Norton, John D., author.

Description: Series statement: BSPS open series ; 1 | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20210347260 | Canadiana (ebook) 20210347325 | ISBN

9781773852539 (softcover) | ISBN 9781773852751 (international hardcover) | ISBN

9781773852546 (open access PDF) | ISBN 9781773852553 (PDF) | ISBN 9781773852560

(EPUB)

Subjects: LCSH: Induction (Logic) | LCSH: Inference. | LCSH: Logic.

Classification: LCC BC91 .N67 2021 | DDC 161—dc23

Publication of this book has benefited from financial support provided by the University of Calgary's Department of Philosophy, the Canada Research Chair in Logic and Philosophy of Science (held by C. Kenneth Waters), and Libraries and Cultural Resources, University of Calgary.

The University of Calgary Press acknowledges the support of the Government of Alberta through the Alberta Media Fund for our publications. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada. We acknowledge the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts for our publishing program.

Funder Logos: Alberta government, Government of Canada, Canada Council for the Arts.

Copyediting by Michael Gollner

Cover image: Colourbox 5217355

Cover design, page design, and typesetting by Melina Cusano

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