A Pragmatic Justification of Deduction

Kritike 3 (1):155-167 (2009)
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Abstract

I will attempt to draw analogies between the problems of inductionand problems of deduction with Carroll’s paradox and Susan Haack’sarguments. These analogies either strengthen a justification of induction by showing that deduction faces similar problems, or weaken our justification of deduction by showing it is not entirely justified. I will show that although deduction does face similar problems any justification that can work for induction will also be applicable to deduction, but not vice versa. Finally, I will show that Reichenbach’s system of vindicating induction will also provide vindication for deduction, and argue that deduction preserves truth to a greaterextent than induction.

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What The Tortoise Said To Achilles.Lewis Carroll - 1895 - Mind 104 (416):691-693.
Choice and chance: an introduction to inductive logic.Brian Skyrms - 1975 - Encino, Calif.: Dickenson Pub. Co..
The justification of deduction.Susan Haack - 1976 - Mind 85 (337):112-119.

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