Single Idea 3860

[catalogued under 14. Science / C. Induction / 4. Reason in Induction]

Full Idea

If Popper follows Hume in abandoning induction, there is no way in which he can justify the claims that there is growth of scientific knowledge and that science is a rational activity.

Gist of Idea

Science cannot be shown to be rational if induction is rejected

Source

comment on Karl Popper (The Logic of Scientific Discovery [1934]) by W.H. Newton-Smith - The Rationality of Science III.3

Book Reference

Newton-Smith,W.H.: 'The Rationality of Science' [RKP 1981], p.52