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Full Idea
Induction should be regarded as a principle of natural science. For otherwise you could not prove that every fire is hot, that all rhubarb is purgative of bile, that every magnet attracts iron.
Gist of Idea
Science is based on induction, for general truths about fire, rhubarb and magnets
Source
Jean Buridan (Questions on Aristotle's Physics [1346], I.15 f. 18vb), quoted by Robert Pasnau - Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671 02.3
Book Ref
Pasnau,Robert: 'Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671' [OUP 2011], p.23
A Reaction
He is basing this on Aristotle, and refers to 'Physics' 190a33-b11.
16793 | A thing is (less properly) the same over time if each part is succeeded by another [Buridan] |
16576 | Science is based on induction, for general truths about fire, rhubarb and magnets [Buridan] |
16577 | Induction is not demonstration, because not all of the instances can be observed [Buridan] |
16678 | Without magnitude a thing would retain its parts, but they would have no location [Buridan] |
16726 | Why can't we deduce secondary qualities from primary ones, if they cause them? [Buridan] |
1403 | A rational donkey would starve to death between two totally identical piles of hay [Buridan, by PG] |