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<p>In <i>The Large-Scale Structure of Inductive Inference</i>, Norton builds on his 2021 book and brings a masterful completion to the whole project of the material theory of induction (MTI). I am sympathetic to the project and already quite convinced by the core claims of the MTI, especially the claim that all inductive inferences are materially, and not formally, warranted. Reading the 2024 book nevertheless made me wonder about two things. The first point of discussion is “theory-internal” and deals specifically with Norton’s treatment of the circularity threat. My second point is more general and external. It concerns the problem of induction, which Norton claims to have dissolved. I am not going to challenge this claim head-on, but simply suggest that it calls for external additions from the metaphysics of science (which is my home discipline).</p>

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Circularity and Ampliation: A Review of Norton’s the Large-Scale Structure of Inductive Inference

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    2025年12月8日

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  • Julien Tricard

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In The Large-Scale Structure of Inductive Inference, Norton builds on his 2021 book and brings a masterful completion to the whole project of the material theory of induction (MTI). I am sympathetic to the project and already quite convinced by the core claims of the MTI, especially the claim that all inductive inferences are materially, and not formally, warranted. Reading the 2024 book nevertheless made me wonder about two things. The first point of discussion is “theory-internal” and deals specifically with Norton’s treatment of the circularity threat. My second point is more general and external. It concerns the problem of induction, which Norton claims to have dissolved. I am not going to challenge this claim head-on, but simply suggest that it calls for external additions from the metaphysics of science (which is my home discipline).