new riddle of induction

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The new riddle of induction is Nelson Goodman’s influential philosophical problem that challenges traditional accounts of inductive reasoning by introducing the notion of “grue” and questioning how we justify projecting certain predicates into the future.

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instanceOf epistemological problem ⓘ
philosophical problem ⓘ
problem in philosophy of science ⓘ
problem of induction ⓘ
aimsToShow that inductive justification depends on predicate choice ⓘ
that past regularities underdetermine future projections ⓘ
asks which predicates are projectible ⓘ
why some generalizations are lawlike and others are not ⓘ
challenges Humean problem of induction ⓘ
traditional accounts of induction ⓘ
contrastsPredicate green ⓘ
grue ⓘ
examines criteria for legitimate inductive inference ⓘ
distinction between natural and gerrymandered predicates ⓘ
role of language in induction ⓘ
focusesOn choice of predicates in induction ⓘ
justification of inductive projections ⓘ
hasAuthor Nelson Goodman ⓘ
hasKeyTerm confirmation ⓘ
entrenchment ⓘ
grue ⓘ
lawlike generalization ⓘ
projectibility ⓘ
hasPublicationYear 1954 ⓘ
hasStatus influential in 20th-century analytic philosophy ⓘ
influenced Bayesian approaches to induction ⓘ
theories of confirmation ⓘ
work on natural kinds ⓘ
influencedField epistemology ⓘ
formal epistemology ⓘ
philosophy of science ⓘ
introducedBy Nelson Goodman ⓘ
involves confirmation of hypotheses ⓘ
entrenched predicates ⓘ
time-dependent predicates ⓘ
mainConcept confirmation theory ⓘ
inductive reasoning ⓘ
lawlikeness ⓘ
projectibility ⓘ
proposedInWork Fact, Fiction, and Forecast ⓘ
raisesIssue conventionality of predicate choice ⓘ
underdetermination of hypotheses by evidence ⓘ
relatedTo Goodman’s paradox ⓘ
grue paradox ⓘ
problem of induction ⓘ
usesExample bleen ⓘ
grue ⓘ

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Nelson Goodman → notableIdea → new riddle of induction ⓘ
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Ravens paradox → relatedTo → Goodman's new riddle of induction ⓘ
subject linked to: ravens paradox
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Fact, Fiction, and Forecast → notableFor → new riddle of induction ⓘ
Henry Nelson Goodman → notableIdea → new riddle of induction ⓘ