In the first section, five major attempts to solve the problem of induction and their failures are discussed. In the second section, an account of meta-induction is introduced. It offers a novel solution to the problem of induction, based on mathematical theorems about the predictive optimality of attractivity-weighted meta-induction. In the third section, how the a priori justification of meta-induction provides a non-circular a posteriori justification of object-induction, based on its superior track record, is explained. In the fourth section, four important extensions and refinements of the method of meta-induction are presented. The final section, summarizes the major impacts of the program of meta-induction for epistemology, the philosophy of science and cognitive science.

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元归纳的影响：从怀疑主义到最优性

在第一部分中，讨论了解决归纳问题的五种主要尝试及其失败。在第二部分中，介绍了元归纳。它基于关于吸引力加权元归纳的预测最优性的数学定理，为归纳问题提供了一种新的解决方案。在第三部分中，解释了元归纳的先验证明如何基于其卓越的记录提供了对象归纳的非圆形后验证明。在第四部分中，介绍了元归纳方法的四个重要扩展和改进。最后一部分总结了元归纳计划对认识论、科学哲学和认知科学的主要影响。