PHIL 1204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Testability, Ad Hoc Hypothesis, Theism
19 Mar 2018
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Reexamine the alibis of the current suspects. Reject or withhold judgment on at least one of the statements. Atheism: belief that god does not exist. Agnosticism: withhold belief as to whether or not god exists. Immediate observations (what color the walls are, what your neighbor is wearing, etc) Inferred beliefs (things you conclude from your observations) (cid:498)hypothesis(cid:499) ^^ What you are looking for in a college. Forming new beliefs (cid:498)choosing(cid:499) a spouse (cid:498)virtues(cid:499) of spouses. Fits well with what we know, doesn"t contradict, helps make sense with what. Conservatism: you don"t deviate from your established evidence or beliefs unnecessarily work with. Extrapolate carefully. (go beyond the evidence you have) evidence you are working with. Modesty: don"t get carried away too much beyond the evidence you have to. Simplicity: don"t add things beyond what"s necessary to account for the. Generality: don"t make hypotheses so specific that they only cover the evidence at hand.
