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Identification and Indetermination in the Meta-Inductive Approach to Induction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 September 2025

Kabir S. Bakshi*
Affiliation:
History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh
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Corresponding author: Kabir S. Bakshi; kabir.bakshi@pitt.edu
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Abstract

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The meta-inductive approach to induction justifies induction by proving its optimality. The argument for the optimality of induction proceeds in two steps. The first “a priori” step intends to show that meta-induction is optimal and the second “a posteriori” step intends to show that meta-induction selects object-induction in our world. I critically evaluate the second-step and raise two problems: the identification problem and the indetermination problem. In light of these problems, I assess the prospects of any meta-inductive approach to induction.

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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Philosophy of Science Association