A Treatise on Induction and Probability

First published in 2000. This present book is primarily a treatise on induction. As such its aim is to examine, in the light of standards of logical correctness, various types of argument which can be grouped under the common heading of induction. CHAPTER ONE INDUCTION AND ITS PROBLEMS CHAPTER TWO PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS ON LOGIC CHAPTER THREE THE FORM OF INDUCTIVE ARGUMENTS LAWS OF NATURE CHAPTER FOUR INDUCTION AND ELIMINATION CHAPTER FIVE INDUCTION AND DEDUCTION CHAPTER SIX INDUCTION AND DEFINITION CHAPTER SEVEN THE LOGIC OF PROBABILITY CHAPTER EIGHT PROBABILITY AND PREDICTION CHAPTER NINE PROBABILITY AND LAWS OF NATURE CHAPTER TEN INDUCTION AND INVERSE PROBABILITY