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(1991) Synthese 86 (2).

On Russell's principle of induction

Newton C.A. da Costa , Steven French

pp. 285-295

An improvement on Horwich's so-called “pseudo-proof” of Russell's principle of induction is offered, which, we believe, avoids certain objections to the former. Although strictly independent of our other work in this area, a connection can be made and in the final section we comment on this and certain questions regarding rationality, etc.

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DOI: 10.1007/BF00485812

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da Costa, N. C. , French, S. (1991). On Russell's principle of induction. Synthese 86 (2), pp. 285-295.

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