Aspects of Inductive Logic

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Author(s): Jaakko Hintikka and Patrick Suppes (Eds.)
Series: Studies in Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics 43
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1966

Language: English
Pages: iii-vi, 1-320

Content:
Edited by
Page iii

Copyright page
Page iv

Preface
Pages v-vi

Knowledge, Acceptance, and Inductive Logic Original Research Article
Pages 1-20
Jaakko Hintikka, Risto Hilpinen

Concept Formation and Bayesian Decisions Original Research Article
Pages 21-48
Patrick Suppes

Probabilistic Inference and the Concept of Total Evidence Original Research Article
Pages 49-65
Patrick Suppes

Simplicity, Entropy and Inductive Logic Original Research Article
Pages 66-80
Kurt Walk

Two Measures of Evidential Strength Original Research Article
Pages 81-95
Håkan Törnebohm

Semantic Information and Inductive Logic Original Research Article
Pages 96-112
Jaakko Hintikka, Juhani Pietarinen

A Two-Dimensional Continuum of Inductive Methods Original Research Article
Pages 113-132
Jaakko Hintikka

On Inductive Generalization in Monadic First-Order Logic With Identity Original Research Article
Pages 133-154
Risto Hilpinen

Inductive Generalization in an Ordered Universe Original Research Article
Pages 155-174
Raimo Tuomela

Notes on the “Paradoxes of Confirmation” Original Research Article
Pages 175-197
Max Black

A Bayesian Approach to the Paradoxes of Confirmation Original Research Article
Pages 198-207
Patrick Suppes

The Paradoxes of Confirmation Original Research Article
Pages 208-218
G.H. von Wright

Assigning Probabilities to Logical Formulas Original Research Article
Pages 219-264
Dana Scott, Peter Krauss

Probability and the Logic of Conditionals Original Research Article
Pages 265-316
Ernest W. Adams

Subject Index
Pages 317-320