The Rehabilitation of Deductive Reasoning
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21549482 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Bartelborth (0000-0001-5562-8995, Leipzig University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 139 |
| Publication date | 2020-05-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | THEORIA An International Journal for Theory History and Foundations of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0495-4548 • E-ISSN: 2171-679X |
| Publisher | EHU Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1387/theoria.20549 |
| OpenAlex | W3017331308 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
The paper aims at the rehabilitation of deductive reasoning. As a paradigm of reliable reasoning, it should be applicable in every confirmation context. In particular, it should transmit inductive justification, so that if D justifies a hypothesis H, then D also justifies all deductive conclusions from H. Nevertheless, most current philosophers of science reject such a transmission principle as false. They argue against it by providing apparent counter-examples and also by showing that it is incompatible with common confirmation theories such as HD-confirmation and Bayesianism. I argue in the opposite direction that we should stick to the transmission principle and revise instead our justification theories
Deductive reasoning · Epistemology · Inductive reasoning · Computer Science · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |