Regularity

From glossaLAB
Collection GlossariumBITri
Author Manuel Campos Havidich
Editor Manuel Campos Havidich
Year 2010
Volume 1
Number 1
ID 71
Object type Concept
Domain Epistemology
Statistics
Transdisciplinaryy
es regularidad
fr régularité
de Regelmäßigkeit

~ Strict: there is a strict regularity (Hume’s constant conjunction) when each fact of a certain type A is accompanied by a fact of a certain type B. These types are determined by the universals instantiated in the facts.

~ Statistical: correlation.

References

  • MILLIKAN, Ruth (2004). Varieties of Meaning: The Jean-Nicod lectures 2002. Cambridge: MIT Press.