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

27/05/2024 13 min

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Episode Synopsis

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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