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Episode 160: Philosophy of science : induction and the problem of induction

Episode 160: Philosophy of science : induction and the problem of induction

Released Monday, 27th May 2024
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Episode 160: Philosophy of science : induction and the problem of induction

Episode 160: Philosophy of science : induction and the problem of induction

Episode 160: Philosophy of science : induction and the problem of induction

Episode 160: Philosophy of science : induction and the problem of induction

Monday, 27th May 2024
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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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