The conflation of two problems in Kant's Deduction of Categories: the problem of induction and the semantic-problem

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucas Vollet
Keyword(s):  
Problem Of Induction ◽  
Semantic Problem

Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration: Characterizing Semantic Binding and Abstracted Meaning Abilities

2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 117-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raksha Anand ◽  
John Hart ◽  
Patricia S. Moore ◽  
Sandra B. Chapman
Keyword(s):  
Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Progressive Decline ◽  
Cognitively Normal ◽  
Nonfluent Aphasia ◽  
Traditional Assessment ◽  
Language Measures ◽  
Semantic Object ◽  
Semantic Problem ◽  
Progressive Nonfluent Aphasia

Abstract Purpose: Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) encompasses a group of neurodegenerative disorders characterized by gradual and progressive decline in behavior and/or language. Identifying the subtypes of FTLD can be challenging with traditional assessment tools. Growing empirical evidence suggests that language measures might be useful in differentiating FTLD subtypes. Method: In this paper, we examined the performance of five individuals with FTLD (two with frontotemporal dementia, two with semantic dementia, and one with progressive nonfluent aphasia) and 10 cognitively normal older adults on measures of semantic binding (Semantic Object Retrieval Test and semantic problem solving) and abstracted meaning (generation of interpretive statement and proverb interpretation). Results and Conclusion: A differential profile of impairment was observed in the three FTLD subtypes on these four measures. Further examination of these measures in larger groups will establish their clinical utility in differentiating the FTLD subtypes.

The pragmatic problem of induction: reply to gower and bamford

Analysis ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 210-212
Author(s):  
J. Watkins
Keyword(s):  
Problem Of Induction

Nyāya’s Response to Skepticism

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-89
Author(s):  
Kisor Kumar Chakrabarti
Keyword(s):  
Indian Philosophy ◽  
Knowledge Sources ◽  
Problem Of Induction ◽  
Indian School

Abstract The classical Indian school called Nyāya (literally “logic” or “right reasoning”), is arguably the leading anti-skeptical tradition within all of Indian philosophy. Defending a realist metaphysics and an epistemology of “knowledge sources” (pramāṇa), its responses to skepticism are often appropriated by other schools of thought. This paper examines its responses to skeptical arguments from dreams, from “the three times,” from justificatory regress, and over the problem of induction.

The problem of induction

1993 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 433-434
Author(s):  
Larry Wos
Keyword(s):  
Problem Of Induction

Conclusion

2019 ◽  
pp. 257-265
Author(s):  
Kjetil Anders Hatlebrekke
Keyword(s):  
Inductive Logic ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Formal Reasoning ◽  
Problem Of Induction ◽  
Critical Rationalism

This book argues that intelligence is secretly generated wisdom beyond the limits of formal reasoning that makes uncertain estimates less uncertain, and that consequently generates political, strategic and operational advantages over adversaries. However, an acknowledgement of intelligence as art and the use of critical rationalism cannot solve the problem of induction. It only reduces the problem, since humans can never free themselves from their own history and experiences. Critical rationalism can therefore be understood as critical induction, and hence illustrates how thinking, and therefore decisions, are shaped by each person’s history and experiences. It is in this spirit of humility and self-awareness that intelligence as art must be understood. Intelligence is not static. It cannot provide facts, and it cannot increase certainty. Intelligence can only make uncertain estimates less uncertain, and can therefore only decrease uncertainty. It is this understanding of the limitations of intelligence that constitutes the strengths of intelligence, ensuring an understanding of intelligence as the art that seeks to comprehend and describe threats that appear in new variations and thus beyond the limits of inductive logic.

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