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Ideas for 'After Finitude', 'Philosophy of Science: Very Short Intro (2nd ed)' and 'Essays on Intellectual Powers 6: Judgement'

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14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 3. Experiment

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Not all sciences are experimental; astronomy relies on careful observation [Okasha]

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Randomised Control Trials have a treatment and a control group, chosen at random [Okasha]

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 6. Falsification

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The discoverers of Neptune didn't change their theory because of an anomaly [Okasha]

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Science mostly aims at confirming theories, rather than falsifying them [Okasha]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory

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How can we mathematically describe a world that lacks humans? [Meillassoux]

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Theories with unobservables are underdetermined by the evidence [Okasha]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 5. Commensurability

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Two things can't be incompatible if they are incommensurable [Okasha]

14. Science / C. Induction / 1. Induction

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Induction is inferences from examined to unexamined instances of a given kind [Okasha]

14. Science / C. Induction / 3. Limits of Induction

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Hume's question is whether experimental science will still be valid tomorrow [Meillassoux]

14. Science / C. Induction / 6. Bayes's Theorem

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If the rules only concern changes of belief, and not the starting point, absurd views can look ratiional [Okasha]