PHIL 12 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Nordstrom
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Phil 12 lecture 5 inductive generalization: polling and sampling. Strength of the argument function of the proportion p, but also of how representative x is of the population. Secondary properties: features of x that might affect the strength of the argument. Inductive generalizations: the statistical information included in the premises of arguments, which are usually themselves the conclusions of inductive arguments. We use this form of argument all the time. All the british tourists i"ve met have been obnoxious. When we form opinions about things based on your experiences. Inferring something from a very small observed sample to a population at large. I have been fed grain every morning so far. Even if the proportion is 100%, argument is still inductive: whatever % is involved, we are still going beyond the premises when we export it to the population at large. When it"s 100% of the small group, doesn"t mean it"s 100% for the larger population.
