Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Karl Popper, Numenius and Jean Buridan
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14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 2. Demonstration
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Induction is not demonstration, because not all of the instances can be observed [Buridan]
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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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