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Summary In this paper, two different theoretical problems of induction are delineated. The first problem is addressed; the second problem is deferred to the sequel to this paper. The first problem of induction is taken to be the seemingly unformalizable nature of traditional inductive arguments. It is shown that the problem does not arise out of some particularly dubious argument form (all inductive argument forms being interderivable), but rather from the presupposition that inductive “logic” is, like deductive logic, assertoric. Rather (it is urged), inductive logic is dialectical in nature. Resume Dans cet article, deux problemes theoriques de l'induction sont formules. Le premier est traite, le second le sera dans une suite a cet article. Le premier probleme de l'induction est ici la nature apparemment non formalisable des arguments inductifs traditionnels. L'auteur montre que le probleme ne provient pas d'une forme d'argumentation particulierement douteuse (puisque toutes les formes d'argumentation inductive sont interderivables), mais au contraire de la presupposition que la «logique» inductive est, comme la logique deductive, assertorique. Il soutient au contraire qu'elle est par nature dialectique. Zusammenfassung In der vorliegenden Arbeit werden zwei theoretische Probleme der Induktion formuliert, wovon das zweite in einem anderen Artikel behandelt werden soll. Das erste Problem betrifft die scheinbar nicht formalisierbare Natur der ublichen induktiven Argumente. Der Verfasser zeigt dass das Problem nicht von einer besonders zweifelhaften Argumentationsform herruhrt (da ja alle induktiven Argumentationsformen unter sich herleitbar sind), sondern von der Voraussetzung, dass die induktive «Logik» — wie die deduktive Logik — assertorisch sei. Es wird dagegen gezeigt, dass die induktive Logik dialektischer Natur ist.

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