Sherlock Holmes, the fictional sleuth who famously resides on Baker Street, is known for his impressive powers of logical reasoning. With a quick visual sweep of a crime scene, he generates hypotheses ...

Hume himself does not use the word "induction". But what has come to be called "the problem of induction" comes down to us from him. What follows is not a detailed analysis of Hume's text. I will ...

Inductive reasoning is a critical skill that enables individuals to make sound decisions by drawing general conclusions from specific observations. Whether you’re working on a high-stakes business ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I continue my ongoing analysis of the ...

Inductive reasoning is a method of accumulating knowledge. By its nature, science must make leaps into the unknown, formulating hypotheses and searching for evidence of their truth. This is called ...

My 5-year-old nephew once confidently told me that all dinosaurs were green because his three dinosaur toys were green. So I showed him a nature documentary, Walking with Dinosaurs, and suddenly, ...

In this paper, two different theoretical problems of induction are delineated. The first problem is addressed; the second problem is deferred to the sequel to this paper. The first problem of ...