PHIL 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Stormtrooper, If And Only If, Inductive Reasoning
10 May 2016
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Philosophical issues in science: moral, epistemic, metaphysical. Is it possible for some epistemic norms to be more objective or rational than others: rules of inductive logic are one type of epistemic norm. Rules of inductive logic: make up different sils: We want to know which epistemic norm is best by being as objective as possible. Inductive empiricism states: rules of reasoning can be largely objective, logic and observational evidence is all that is needed in order to rationally justify belief in a tested hypothesis: More general and more specific problems with only o&l: more general: Claiming any sil is objectively better than any others. Ex: hume"s problem of induction suggests that no sil can be rationally justified: more specific: How le tried to respond to hume"s problem: Lesson 14: the raven paradox: by changing the subject: Set aside the more general problem and focus on more specific ones.
