The scientific induction starter pack.pic.twitter.com/N1Hm1W3tpq
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Yup. All existing general theories of induction are clearly false, and there’s strong reasons to think no version can work, a priori. OTOH, induction clearly often works in practice. So we also need an account of how and when and why.
What I’m not seeing in the Critical Rationality tradition, so far, is a workable account of how scientific theories do get confirmed in practice. (Which clearly does happen and is important, contra Popper’s early views.)
Maybe @DavidDeutschOxf has a good story about this?
My take is that we can’t get a general account or ultimate “why does this work, logically.” But by examining specific cases of successful science, we can see how diverse specific methods work in their specific context.
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