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Whately argues that there are two senses of induction: induction as a process (which is not the concern of logic) and induction as an argument (which is syllogistic). Would Herschel agree? In your answer, refer to what Herschel says in para. 145 of the reading.
Read para. 77 & 78. Relate Herschel’s claims in those paragraphs to Rationalism and Empiricism. Is the position he taking here Rationalism? Empiricism? Neither?
Herschel’s method seems to be bi-directional. First, we ascend through classification and analogy to a generalization. Then, we descend back to the observations by testing the generalization. Why do we need to do both?
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