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Why Induction *Can* be the Basis for Conjecture (Sort of) – Part 2
Critical Rationalism

Why Induction *Can* be the Basis for Conjecture (Sort of) – Part 2

Posted on November 11, 2021January 3, 2022 by Bruce Nielson

I previously posted about Deutsch’s argument to Eli Tyre about why induction can’t be the basis for conjecture. And I agreed with that argument. But,…

Why Induction Can’t be the Basis for Conjecture (according to Deutsch) – Part 1
Artificial Intelligence

Why Induction Can’t be the Basis for Conjecture (according to Deutsch) – Part 1

Posted on November 4, 2021November 4, 2021 by Bruce Nielson

Deutsch gives a great concise answer to the question of why conjectures are not rooted in induction. (See video here.) The Setup: Eli Tyre starts…

Do Humans Have an “Inductive Bias”?
Artifical General Intelligence

Do Humans Have an “Inductive Bias”?

Posted on January 11, 2021January 7, 2021 by Bruce Nielson

I wrote a post asking if humans had ‘inductive biases’ in the same sense that machine learning algorithms do. My conclusion was that they do…

Humans and Induction: Heuristics vs Explanations
Artifical General Intelligence

Humans and Induction: Heuristics vs Explanations

Posted on January 7, 2021January 7, 2021 by Bruce Nielson

In a past post, I made the claim that Induction was subsumed by Critical Rationalism and that all cases of induction ‘working’ are really cases…

If Induction Doesn’t Exist, Why Does Machine Learning Work?
Artifical General Intelligence

If Induction Doesn’t Exist, Why Does Machine Learning Work?

Posted on June 9, 2020January 7, 2021 by Bruce Nielson

After Part 1 of my Reinforcement Learning series came out, KS from Twitter asked me the following: Is reinforcement learning inductive though? Can’t falsify (untrue)…


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