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Single Idea 7779
[filed under theme 14. Science / C. Induction / 3. Limits of Induction
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Full Idea
According to Popper, induction is a dispensable concept, a myth. It does not exist. There is no such thing.
Gist of Idea
There is no such thing as induction
Source
report of Karl Popper (The Logic of Scientific Discovery [1934]) by Bryan Magee - Popper Ch.2
Book Ref
Magee,Bryan: 'Popper' [Fontana 1974], p.31
A Reaction
This is a nice bold summary of the Popper view - that falsification is the underlying rational activity which we mistakenly think is verification by repeated observations. Put like this, Popper seems to be wrong. We obviously learn from experiences.
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from Karl Popper
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Science does not aim at ultimate explanations
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12175
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Galilean science aimed at true essences, as the ultimate explanations
[Popper]
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12179
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Essentialist views of science prevent further questions from being raised
[Popper]
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12177
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Human artefacts may have essences, in their purposes
[Popper]
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7780
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Falsification is the criterion of demarcation between science and non-science
[Popper, by Magee]
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16830
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We don't only reject hypotheses because we have falsified them
[Lipton on Popper]
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6794
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If falsification requires logical inconsistency, then probabilistic statements can't be falsified
[Bird on Popper]
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6795
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When Popper gets in difficulties, he quietly uses induction to help out
[Bird on Popper]
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3856
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Good theories have empirical content, explain a lot, and are not falsified
[Popper, by Newton-Smith]
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3860
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Science cannot be shown to be rational if induction is rejected
[Newton-Smith on Popper]
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22188
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Give Nobel Prizes for really good refutations?
[Gorham on Popper]
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7779
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There is no such thing as induction
[Popper, by Magee]
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22358
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Scientific objectivity lies in inter-subjective testing
[Popper]
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5451
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Popper felt that ancient essentialism was a bar to progress
[Popper, by Mautner]
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18284
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Particulars can be verified or falsified, but general statements can only be falsified (conclusively)
[Popper]
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11946
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Propensities are part of a situation, not part of the objects
[Popper]
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