Outline of This Chapter

Deduction vs. Induction

Types of Non-Deductive Inferences

Enumerative Induction

Statistical Syllogism

Argument by Analogy

Inference to the Best Explanation

Evaluating Non-Deductive Inferences

Evaluating Inductive and Statistical Inferences

Assessing Analogies

Comparing Explanations

Explanatory Virtues

Hume’s Problem of Induction

Goodman’s New Riddle of Induction