Listen "Episode 160: Philosophy of science : induction and the problem of induction"
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”
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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