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  It is shown that as knowledge is structured, it comes in
  modules. This provides different " layers of reality ".
  Each layer of reality has its own distinctive inductive logic which may differ from that of the others. All this is woven together to form a " web of induction " in a multidimensional space. It is the overall resilience, firmness and consistent interconnectedness of the whole web which justifies induction globally and which allows science to continue to "read" nature using the inductive logic.

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keywords: 'induction, realism'
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  Balashov, Y. and Rosenberg, A. (Ed.) (2002), " Philosophy of
  Science - contemporary readings ", Routledge, London
  
  Callender, C. and Nuggett, N. (2001), " Physics meets philosophy at the Planck Scale ", Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
  
  Ladyman, J. (2002), " Understanding philosophy of science ",
  Routledge, London

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title: A "LAYERS OF REALITY TO A WEB OF INDUCTION" HYPOTHESIS
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