SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online

 
vol.17 issue29The subject of changeNatural selection and evolutionary epistemology in the philosophy of K. Popper author indexsubject indexarticles search
Home Pagealphabetic serial listing  

Services on Demand

Journal

Article

Indicators

Related links

  • On index processCited by Google
  • Have no similar articlesSimilars in SciELO
  • On index processSimilars in Google

Share


Discusiones Filosóficas

Print version ISSN 0124-6127

Abstract

LEON MIRANDA, Ana Pía. John Stuart Mill's view on hume's Problem: The justification of inductive inference and the nature of the principle of induction. discus.filos [online]. 2016, vol.17, n.29, pp.35-51. ISSN 0124-6127.  https://doi.org/10.17151/difil.2016.17.29.3.

The article aims to analyze and reconstruct John Stuart Mill's position on the problem of induction. We show that Mill despite being aware of Hume's objections, does not refer to them mainly because for him the justification of induction is possible. The main hypothesis will be proved by two theses: the first, refers to the avoidance of circular reasoning on the justification of inductive inference; and the second, refers to the type of inductions supporting the principle of regularity: inductions by simple enumeration.

Keywords : Logic; induction; principle of induction; induction by simple enumeration.

        · abstract in Spanish     · text in Spanish     · Spanish ( pdf )

 

Creative Commons License All the contents of this journal, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License