Counterinduction

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Counterinduction is the rule of inference that one should assume the opposite of what induction suggests. For example:

"The Sun has risen every day in the past, therefore I think that it will not rise tomorrow."

In most references to counterinduction, it is not suggested that counterinduction is valid. It is instead a refutation of Max Black's proposed inductive justification of induction, since the counterinductive justification of counterinduction is formally identical to the inductive justification of induction.[1]

Paul Feyerabend's anarchist theory popularized the notion of counterinduction.

Counterinduction is a new music ensemble founded by composers Doug Boyce and Kyle Bartlett.

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  1. ^ In a nutshell, Hume’s comes up with three basic questions:
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