EPISODE · May 27, 2024 · 13 MIN
Episode 160: Philosophy of science : induction and the problem of induction
from Rapid Idea Improvement · host Bart Vanderhaegen
What is induction ? The process of going from a set of observations to a generalisation See multiple objects with a characteristic X, all such objects have characteristic X The sun rose every morning already (every observed morning had the characteristic that the sun rose) … so the sun will rise every morning, so tomorrow the sun will rise again “The future will behave like the past”
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What is induction ? The process of going from a set of observations to a generalisation See multiple objects with a characteristic X, all such objects have characteristic X The sun rose every morning already (every observed morning had the characteristic that the sun rose) … so the sun will rise every morning, so tomorrow the sun will rise again “The future will behave like the past”
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Episode 160: Philosophy of science : induction and the problem of induction
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