HPS100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Fallibilism
4 Apr 2016
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In the mosaic, three examples of things that have not changed are. You do not need experience to come to this conclusion. The concept of each number is interchangeable within languages. Math follows the pattern of definition -> theory. This is an intuitive answer that relies on experience and create propositions to be generalized. An experiment assumes an artificial setting, while observations are naturally occurring. There is a force of attraction between any two objects in the universe. They also hold in all possible worlds, this means that it is inconceivable to create another world without these rules. Can occur with contradiction and can conceive a world without it. All these laws come from empirical sciences (biological, geography, social sciences). Analytic: yes, it is possible as long as we stick to the definitions. Synthetic: no, even if you arrive at a general proposition from experience, it cannot be certain.
