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Induction and Deduction. By Ilham Dilman. Oxford: Basil Blackwell; Toronto: Copp Clark, 1973. Pp. ix, 225. $11.00.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 June 2010

James Bogen
Affiliation:
Pitzer College

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Book Reviews—Comptes Rendus
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Copyright © Canadian Philosophical Association 1974

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References

1 Salmon, Wesley C., The Foundations of Scientific Inference, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1966, p. 55.Google Scholar

2 See Strawson, P. F., Introduction to Logical Theory, Methuen, 1952, Chapter 9Google Scholar, Section II. Salmon summed up his criticisms to this view with the memorable line, “The resulting justification of induction amounts to this: If you use inductive procedures you can call yourself “reasonable” — and isn't that nice!. Salmon, “Should We Attempt to Justify Induction ?”, reprinted from Philosophical Studies Vol. 8, 1957, in Nagel and Brandt, Meaning and Knowledge, Harcourt and Brace, 1965, p. 369.

3 Stroud, Barry, “Wittgenstein and Logical Necessity”, Philosophical Review, LXXIV, 1965, pp. 504518.CrossRefGoogle Scholar