Century Quote by Ian Hacking

Finding a mechanism does not bypass the problem of induction.

— Simon Blackburn

I am convinced that it is impossible to expound the methods of induction in a sound manner, without resting them upon the theory of…

— William Stanley Jevons

There is a tradition of opposition between adherents of induction and of deduction. In my view it would be just as sensible for the…

— Alfred North Whitehead

“MERE ACCUMULATION OF OBSERVATIONAL EVIDENCE IS NOT PROOF.”

— Terry Pratchett

No apparent, perceived, or claimed evidence in any field, including history and chronology, can be valid if it contradicts the Scriptural record,

— Ken Ham

Induction is a process of inference; it proceeds from the known to the unknown.

— John Stuart Mill

“a few centuries earlier. At that time the humans still knew pretty well when a thing was proved and when it was not; and…

— C.S. Lewis

What hadn't been realized in the literature until now is that merely to describe how severely something has been tested in the past itself…

— Robert Nozick

In law, as in every other branch of knowledge, the truths given by induction tend to form the premises for new deductions. The lawyers…

— Benjamin N. Cardozo

“In experimental philosophy we are to look upon propositions inferred by general induction from phenomena as accurately or very nearly true, notwithstanding any contrary…

— Issac Newton

One might get the impression that I recommend a new methodology which replaces induction by counterinduction and uses a multiplicity of theories, metaphysical views,…

— Paul Feyerabend

For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice.

— Anonymous