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A proof of the impossibility of inductive probability - Nature

  • ️Miller, David
  • ️Fri Apr 01 1983
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  • Published: 01 April 1983

Nature volume 302, pages 687–688 (1983)Cite this article

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Proofs of the impossibility of induction have been falling ‘dead-born from the Press’ ever since the first of them (in David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature) appeared in 1739. One of us (K.P.) has been producing them for more than 50 years. The present proof strikes us both as pretty.

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  1. Penn, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, UK

    Karl Popper

  2. Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK

    David Miller

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Popper, K., Miller, D. A proof of the impossibility of inductive probability. Nature 302, 687–688 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1038/302687a0

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  • Published: 01 April 1983

  • Issue Date: 21 April 1983

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/302687a0