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Introduction Induction as the Method of Knowledge and of Creativity A preface to the essays that follow The essays gathered here examine a single activity under many names and in many domains. That activity is induction: the volitional work of asking questions, searching for the information the questions require, and integrating what is found into a consistent whole that can guide further thought and action. The process does not terminate. Each integration raises new questions, sends the mind...

Independent Thinking An Induction upon the Value of One’s Own Judgment Questions, conflicts, partial answers, and the stages of a principle Author-date citations; bibliography follows the text The recognition that a person ought to form judgments by his own rational process, rather than by unexamined acceptance of prevailing authority, is often treated today as an obvious virtue. The historical record shows a longer and frequently costly labour. Communities asked what happens when an...

Honesty and Integrity An Induction upon the Virtues that Protect Thought Questions, partial answers, and the stages of a principle Author-date citations; bibliography follows the text The recognition that honesty and integrity are conditions of a healthy mind, and that they enable and protect the work of asking questions, searching for information, and integrating what is found into a consistent whole, is related to but distinct from the prohibitions on adultery and on false witness. Those...