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Single Idea 2200
[filed under theme 1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 1. Aims of Science
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Full Idea
All our experimental conclusions proceed upon the supposition that the future will be conformable to the past.
Gist of Idea
All experimental conclusions assume that the future will be like the past
Source
David Hume (Enquiry Conc Human Understanding [1748], IV.II.30)
Book Ref
Hume,David: 'Enquiries Conc. Human Understanding, Morals', ed/tr. Selby-Bigge/Nidditch [OUP 1975], p.35
The
12 ideas
with the same theme
[knowledge gained by experiments]:
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76
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The object of scientific knowledge is what is necessary
[Aristotle]
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2200
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All experimental conclusions assume that the future will be like the past
[Hume]
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6782
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Realism is the only philosophy of science that doesn't make the success of science a miracle
[Putnam]
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6601
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Science rules the globe because of colonising power, not inherent rationality
[Feyerabend]
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3853
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For science to be rational, we must explain scientific change rationally
[Newton-Smith]
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3859
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We do not wish merely to predict, we also want to explain
[Newton-Smith]
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3870
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The real problem of science is how to choose between possible explanations
[Newton-Smith]
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3329
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Presumably the statements of science are true, but should they be taken literally or not?
[Benardete,JA]
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5334
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We resist science partly because it can't provide ethical wisdom
[Flanagan]
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4588
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There is no such thing as 'science'; there are just many different sciences
[Heil]
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3123
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Science is in the business of carving nature at the joints
[Segal]
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6779
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Instrumentalists say distinctions between observation and theory vanish with ostensive definition
[Bird]
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