How universal generalization works according to natural reason
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چکیده
Universal Generalization, if it is not the most poorly understood inference rule in natural deduction, then least well explained or justified. The is, prima facie, quite ambitious: on basis of a fact established one thing, I may infer that holds every thing class to which belongs—a contain indefinitely many things. How can such an be made with any confidence as its validity ability preserve truth from premise conclusion? My goal this paper explain how Generalization works way makes sense truth. In doing so, shall review common accounts and why they are inadequate explanatorily unsatisfying. Happily, my account no ontological epistemological presumptions therefore should compatible whichever schemes reader prefers.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Cogency
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['0719-9430', '0718-8285']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32995/cogency.v13i2.366