Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Melvin Fitting, A.J. Ayer and Jerry A. Fodor
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14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 3. Experiment
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An experiment is a deliberate version of what informal thinking does all the time [Fodor]
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We can deliberately cause ourselves to have true thoughts - hence the value of experiments [Fodor]
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Interrogation and experiment submit us to having beliefs caused [Fodor]
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Participation in an experiment requires agreement about what the outcome will mean [Fodor]
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14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 6. Falsification
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We only discard a hypothesis after one failure if it appears likely to keep on failing [Ayer]
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14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory
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Theories are links in the causal chain between the environment and our beliefs [Fodor]
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14. Science / C. Induction / 2. Aims of Induction
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The induction problem is to prove generalisations about the future based on the past [Ayer]
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Induction passes from particular facts to other particulars, or to general laws, non-deductively [Ayer]
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14. Science / C. Induction / 3. Limits of Induction
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We can't use the uniformity of nature to prove induction, as that would be circular [Ayer]
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