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    Supports→Boyd's argument for the reliability of abduction is not viciously circular

    A rule-circular argument for the reliability of rule R is not vicious provided that the use of R does not guarantee a positive conclusion about R's reliability

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    Stathis PsilloscontemporaryPsillos 1999, Ch. 4
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    To this, Stathis Psillos (1999, Ch. 4) has responded by invoking a distinction credited to Richard Braithwaite, to wit, the distinction between premise-circularity and rule-circularity. An argument is premise-circular if its conclusion is amongst its premises. A rule-circular argument, by contrast, is an argument of which the conclusion asserts something about an inferential rule that is used in the very same argument. As Psillos urges, Boyd’s argument is rule-circular, but not premise-circular,

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