Thesis contents

• Table of contents and preface [PDF | PS]
• Chapter 1: Introduction and overview [PDF | PS]
• Chapter 2: The philosophy of induction [PDF | PS]
• Chapter 3: Approaches to computational induction [PDF | PS]
• Chapter 4: The analysis of non-deductive reasoning [PDF | PS]
• Chapter 5: Outline of a descriptive theory of induction [PDF | PS]
• Chapter 6: Properties of conjectural consequence relations [PDF | PS]
• Chapter 7: Rule systems for conjectural reasoning [PDF | PS]
• Chapter 8: Knowledge discovery in databases [PDF | PS]
• Chapter 9: Conclusions and future work [PDF | PS]
• Appendix: A session with INDEX [PDF | PS]
• Glossary [PDF | PS]
• Bibliography [PDF | PS]

Associated research papers

• Rationality postulates for induction (Proc. TARK'96) [PDF | PS]
• On the logic of induction (unpublished) [PDF | PS]

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