PHIL 100W Lecture : phil 100 lec 20 and lec 21 notes

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If nothing could count as evidence, then perhaps that indicates that the demands are too high: induction isn"t deduction. One about not expect from induction what one expects from deduction: we cannot prove the principle of uniformity of nature, but perhaps we can give a pragmatic justification of our adoption of it. Analogy: ---the physician and the patient requiring an operation. The operation may not save the patient"s life, but if there is a remedy, it is an operation. Nature may or may not e uniform; but if we assume there are uniformities, we may discover them (and we"ll also note which events are not orderly). On the other hand, if we assume (or wager) that there are no uniformities, we won"t discover them if they exist. Adopting the p. u. n. , we may (with hard work) succeed in discovering laws of nature. Otherwise, we"ll learn nothing: return to the chicken example:

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