Induction as it appears in Copi's Textbook on Logic

[BaalChatzaf]

Here are how Induction is defined/described in the Glossary of -Introduction to Logic (12-th edition)- by Irving Copi and Carl Cohen.

The entries are from the Glossary on p. 693

Induction: One of two major types of argument traditionally distinguished, the other being deduction. And inductive argument claims that its premisses give only some degree of probability, but not certainty to its conclusion. [NB. In deduction conclusions correctly inferred from true premisses are certainly true; my note-Ba'al Chatzaf]

Induction by Simple Enumeration: A type of inductive generalization, much criticized, where the premisses are instances in which phenomena of two kinds repeatedly accompany one another in certain circumstances, from which it is concluded that phenomena of those two kinds always accompany one another in such circumstances.

Induction, Principle of: The principle underlying all inductive argument, that nature is sufficiently regular to permit the discovery of causal laws having general application.

Inductive Generalization: The process of arriving at a general or universal proposition, from the particular facts of experience, relying on the Principle of Induction.

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Copi's definitions/descriptions of the terms are close to the common usage of the terms in the literature.

Ba'al Chatzaf

[Michael Stuart Kelly]

Bob,

In Objection, causality is the underlying principle of induction. Where is this different from what you just stated?

Michael