PHI 31 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Deductive Reasoning, Empiricism
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Two may or may not be the same; disagreement. Describe, explain, predict, control, understand world & how it works. Helping others by doing these (human goal) What you believe the goal is how you view sci reasoning. Science aims to acct for what we can observe in world and how it works based on what we can observe about it. Theoretical entities are useful fictions for saving appearances belief in their reality doesn"t change usefulness. Science aims to acct for what the world really is like and how it works even if contrary to appearances. According to our best theories that are true using terms that refer to the real things. Observable fixed by human sensory equipment. Example: dna vs. protein as hereditary material. Dna did not appear as correct as protein (empiricist) In reality, dna was the hereditary material (realist) Provide strong or weak evidence for conclusions. If premise = true argument is good, may be convincing or conclusive.
