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The fundamental burden of a theory of inductive inference is to determine which are the good inductive inferences or relations of inductive support and why it is that they are so. The traditional approach is modeled on that taken in accounts of deductive inference. It seeks universally applicable schemas or rules or a single formal device, such as the probability calculus. After millennia of halting efforts, none of these approaches has been unequivocally successful and debates between approaches persist. The Material Theory of Induction identifies the source of these enduring problems in the assumption taken at the outset: that inductive inference can be accommodated by a single formal acco...
Major John Norton was half-indian, of a Cherokee father; he became a Mohawk Indian chief (by adoption), and was fluent in 12 Indian languages, English, French, Spanish and German. He attached himself to the British soldiers and served in many capacities, including as interpretor and emissary for Joseph Brant ... to the end of the War of 1812.
In 1815-16, Mohawk chief John Norton wrote one of the most fascinating and detailed memoirs from the War of 1812. In this book, Carl Benn's comprehensive introductions and annotations enable readers to explore that important indigenous narrative, its contexts, and its related histories fully.
Eva had only been in Colorado for a few weeks when she saw a tall Native American boy dressed in animal skins step out of the woods. Rather than running away, she trusted her instincts and the adventures began: gold, bears, Native American ceremonies, and secrets. Set in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in the early 1870s, this gentle book tells the story of two families and two cultures, combining fact and fi ction while staying true to the Native American concept of harmony and balance. This is the first of a series of six Eva and Buckskin Charlie books.
Household gizmos with a mind of their own. Constant cold calls from unknown numbers. And the creeping suspicion that none of this is real. Reality, and Other Stories is a gathering of deliciously chilling entertainments - stories to be read as the evenings draw in and the days are haunted by all the ghastly schlock, uncanny technologies and absurd horrors of modern life.
A collection of fictional writings about the sea features selections from well-known authors including William Shakespeare, William Golding, Joseph Conrad, Evelyn Waugh, James Fenimore Cooper, and others.