PHIL 1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Baconian Method, Inductivism, Hypothetico-Deductive Model
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Philosophy as the art of commodifying language to analyze theories. Value of objectivity in the philosophical argument (basically, read the originals, ie. hempel, and make your own opinion) The narrow inductivist method, also known as the baconian induction method, was a product of secular intellectualism. Keep in mind that steps 1 and 2 are assumed to be unbiased, which is rarely the case. Displays science as purely objective and purely logical (in the most formal sense), which it isn"t. Hempel criticizes the method extensively and suggests the method of hypothetical deductivism as a means of course correction for scientific inquiry. Without a tentative hypothesis to guide you, you will collect all kinds of irrelevant facts and categorize them in irrevelant ways (inherent and implicit scientific bias) Any form of scientific training introduces bias (regardless of its relevance to the observation) Choosing which data to collect acts as a biased action.