HPS100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Fallibilism, Formal Science, Optical Illusion
28 Jan 2016
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History of science teaches us what was believed yesterday will not necessarily be believed today. 1+2=3 (apples examples) we generalize our observations to arrive to a conclusion. We don"t need to follow this by observation/experiments we can simply define it. Case 1: numbers we follow definitions to create theorems. 1+1 =2 we define two as one + one. ) our observations and experience (intuitive answer) can justify whether swans are white (support our theory) vs defining a swan as white . Through our observations we can generalize whether swans are really white. Force of gravity acts upon two objects in the universe. Through observations and experience can you justify the law of gravity law holds for falling apple, falling water on earth, moon and earth arrive at this conclusion inductively. Cannot contradict the results of observations or experiments (cannot have a married bachelor) Necessarily hold in all possible worlds: opposite is inconceivable. Can contradict the results of observations or experiments.
