PHILOS 8 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Logical Positivism, Inductive Reasoning
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L e c t u r e 4. O u t l i n e: logical positivism to induction, setting up the ravens problem, order of observation, new riddle of induction, time, observation, set up for quine, natural kinds. Induction: when you go from a set of individual observations to a general claim (a scienti c method ~ all ravens are black) Logically equivalent: two different ways of describing/stating the exact same thing about how the world is. ~ incompatible, only works for the next 3 years. Solution #1: induction is ne, you just have to substitute the right things for g ( nd an excuse as to why you can"t substitute the word grue in) You cannot substitute for g, any word that has a de nition referencing time (referenc- ing time is a matter concerning language / language relative matter, not science, making it subjective) Green can also be de ned in terms of grue and bleen.
