HPS100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3 - 5: Scientific Theory, Inductive Reasoning, Scientific Method
7 Apr 2016
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Chapter 3 - empirical facts and philosophical/conceptual facts. Pencil on the desk vs. pencil in the drawer. Later based on the views of the world we live in i. e. philosophical/conceptual convictions. Philosophical/conceptual convictions strongly held beliefs that turn out to be based heavily on philosophical/conceptual views as to the sort of world we live in. Most beliefs are based on a mixture of both. No longer a fact when we discover that a previously held belief is mistaken. But do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e a (cid:272)orre(cid:272)t (cid:449)ord for it. Strongly held and well - supported (cid:271)eliefs appear, fro(cid:373) (cid:449)ithi(cid:374) o(cid:374)e" s (cid:449)orld(cid:448)ie(cid:449), to (cid:271)e fa(cid:272)ts. Calling a fact a philosophical/conceptual fact is not to suggest that it is incorrect. Distinction between empirical facts and philosophical facts it based on the type of reasons we have for believing the fact. Chapter 4 - confirming and disconfirming evidence and reasoning. Predicted: a large body, the sun, bends starlight.
