Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Two Problems of Epistemology', 'Elements of Law and Justice' and 'On Assertion and Indicative Conditionals'

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4 ideas

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / c. Truth-function conditionals

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'If A,B' affirms that A⊃B, and also that this wouldn't change if A were certain [Jackson, by Edgington]

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Conditionals are truth-functional, but should only be asserted when they are confident [Jackson, by Edgington]

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

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Particulars can be verified or falsified, but general statements can only be falsified (conclusively) [Popper]

14. Science / C. Induction / 2. Aims of Induction

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Hypotheses come from induction, which is comparison of experiences [Leibniz]