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BEYOND GOODMAN: THE RETURN OF HUME’S OLD RIDDLE OF INDUCTION (pages 51-70)

Nicola D’ALFONSO ABSTRACT: This paper argues that each of the three core steps in Goodman’s formulation of the ‘new riddle of induction’ is fallacious. First, it challenges the parallel between the justification of deduction and that of induction, highlighting how the latter’s ampliative nature renders Goodman’s purported dissolution of Hume’s problem untenable. Second, it rejects the a priori distinction between …

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