Borrowing from Richard Swinburne, an argument is C-inductive if some evidence (call that E) raises the likelihood of some hypothesis (call that H). An argument is P-inductive if E makes H probable (more than 50%). To be more precise: an argument is C-inductive IFF P(h/e&K) > P(h/K), which means some evidence (e) increases the probability of a particular hypothesis to a higher level than it would otherwise be given our background knowledge. Whereas an argument is P-inductive IFF P(h/e&K) > ½, which means some evidence (e) increase the probability of a particular hypothesis to at least 50%.
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C vs P-Inductive Arguments
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Borrowing from Richard Swinburne, an argument is C-inductive if some evidence (call that E) raises the likelihood of some hypothesis (call that H). An argument is P-inductive if E makes H probable (more than 50%). To be more precise: an argument is C-inductive IFF P(h/e&K) > P(h/K), which means some evidence (e) increases the probability of a particular hypothesis to a higher level than it would otherwise be given our background knowledge. Whereas an argument is P-inductive IFF P(h/e&K) > ½, which means some evidence (e) increase the probability of a particular hypothesis to at least 50%.