The question still has to make sense to get an answer…
I think you’re looking for epistemology?
Proof by induction was one of the coolest “how to prove things” lessons I’d learned in math. To prove something works for every natural number (so in effect any thing or formula you can count discretely, and start from somewhere going to infinity), you prove the initial case, then you prove that it works for the (n+1)th case under the assumption it is true under the nth case. Only two steps!
How do you extend that outside mathematics?
Like say I have a hunch about something. How do I formalize that in basically any domain?
The first thing is you need a way to prove the initial case, and in real-world domains it may be harder to do so axiomatically. Then you need to be able to find a way to generalize it in a discrete (countable) manner.
Are you asking for proof of proof?
The what
Like evidence as a general topic?
Yes. What treatise helps best etablish the concept of evidence as a universal concept
Is it a universal concept?
Kinda?
Do you have evidence to back that up?
If I did we wouldnt be having this convo 😂
