Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Iris Marion Young, Karl Popper and David Hume
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14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 6. Falsification
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Give Nobel Prizes for really good refutations? [Gorham on Popper]
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Particulars can be verified or falsified, but general statements can only be falsified (conclusively) [Popper]
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Falsification is the criterion of demarcation between science and non-science [Popper, by Magee]
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We don't only reject hypotheses because we have falsified them [Lipton on Popper]
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If falsification requires logical inconsistency, then probabilistic statements can't be falsified [Bird on Popper]
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When Popper gets in difficulties, he quietly uses induction to help out [Bird on Popper]
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14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 2. Aim of Science
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Good theories have empirical content, explain a lot, and are not falsified [Popper, by Newton-Smith]
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14. Science / C. Induction / 1. Induction
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The idea of inductive evidence, around 1660, made Hume's problem possible [Hume, by Hacking]
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14. Science / C. Induction / 2. Aims of Induction
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We assume similar secret powers behind similar experiences, such as the nourishment of bread [Hume]
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14. Science / C. Induction / 3. Limits of Induction
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All inferences from experience are effects of custom, not reasoning [Hume]
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Induction can't prove that the future will be like the past, since induction assumes this [Hume]
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If we infer causes from repetition, this explains why we infer from a thousand objects what we couldn't infer from one [Hume]
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Reason cannot show why reliable past experience should extend to future times and remote places [Hume]
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Fools, children and animals all learn from experience [Hume]
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There is no such thing as induction [Popper, by Magee]
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14. Science / C. Induction / 4. Reason in Induction
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Premises can support an argument without entailing it [Pollock/Cruz on Hume]
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Hume just shows induction isn't deduction [Williams,M on Hume]
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Science cannot be shown to be rational if induction is rejected [Newton-Smith on Popper]
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / b. Ultimate explanation
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Science does not aim at ultimate explanations [Popper]
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