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Research	R0002 — Research Standards for AI-Assisted Writing
Run	2026-03-13
Claim	C006
Search	S09

WebSearch — Platt Baconian Inference

Summary¶

Field	Value
Source/Database	WebSearch
Results returned	10
Results selected	3
Results rejected	0

Query¶

Terms: "Platt strong inference 1964 Francis Bacon Baconian inductive inference"
Filters applied: None
Results returned: 10

Selected Results¶

Result	Title	Rationale
S09-R01	whoi.edu — Platt Baconian reference	Academic context
S09-R02	eltham-college — Platt reference	Educational context
S09-R03	Duke CS — Platt text (duplicate)	Confirms "The New Baconians" title

Rejected Results¶

[None — remaining results were secondary references.]

Notes¶

Targeted search for Platt's Baconian connections. Confirmed that Platt's original address was titled "The New Baconians" and that he explicitly references Francis Bacon's Novum Organum and "Instances of the Fingerpost." This is clearly Platt's reference, not Chamberlin's.