Book III: Induction and Analogy
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Book III: Induction and Analogy is a major section of John Maynard Keynes’s *A Treatise on Probability* that examines the logical foundations of inductive reasoning and the use of analogy in probabilistic inference.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book section
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part of philosophical work ⓘ |
| author | John Maynard Keynes ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
Keynes’s account of partial ordering of probabilities
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Keynes’s concept of weight of evidence ⓘ Keynes’s critique of frequency interpretations of probability ⓘ logical theory of probability ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| discusses |
conditions for valid analogical reasoning
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limitations of purely statistical induction ⓘ rational constraints on degrees of belief ⓘ |
| examines |
degrees of rational belief
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justification of inductive arguments ⓘ logical foundations of induction ⓘ logical relations between evidence and hypothesis ⓘ principles governing inductive generalization ⓘ role of analogy in inference ⓘ use of analogy in extending probability judgments ⓘ |
| field |
epistemology
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logic ⓘ philosophy of probability ⓘ probability theory ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
analogy
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inductive reasoning ⓘ probabilistic inference ⓘ |
| hasAuthorialIntention | to ground probability in logic rather than frequency ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
logic
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mathematics ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | logical theory of probability rather than subjective personalism ⓘ |
| influences |
20th-century analytic philosophy
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debates on the justification of induction ⓘ later work in philosophy of probability ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | middle part of A Treatise on Probability ⓘ |
| partOf | A Treatise on Probability ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
A Treatise on Probability
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surface form:
Book I–V of A Treatise on Probability
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| publicationYear | 1921 ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Bayesian inference
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surface form:
Bayesian approaches to probability
logical interpretation of probability ⓘ |
| workContext | early 20th-century foundations of probability ⓘ |
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