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    Lange's argument presupposes that a universal sentence ex... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Lange's argument is flawed because it relies on the unacknowledged assumption that a universal sentence explains its instances

    Lange's argument presupposes that a universal sentence explains its instances

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    Lange’s argument has been also contested in several recent articles such as Hoeltje et al. 2013, Baldwin 2016, and Dougherty 2017. Hoeltje et al. reject what they see as an unacknowledged assumption in Lange’s argument, namely that a universal sentence explains its instances. Baldwin offers positive considerations as to why inductive arguments are explanatory and he also focuses his criticisms of Lange’s argument on the latter’s assumption that an instance of a universal generalization cannot he

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