Philosophy 2700F/G Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Monism
26 Oct 2018
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Principle of transference: what is true in logic is true in psychology. All laws or theories must be regarded as hypothetical or conjectural, that is as guesses. Logical distinction between hypotheses which have been refuted and others which have not and the preference for the latter theoretically most interesting for further tests. Question of preference arises solely with respect to competing theories: theories which are offered as solutions to the same problems. Number of possibly true statements is infinite. Good theory is not ad hoc, for those are not independently testable. New theories contradict old theories and it contains the old theory but only as approximation. Only objective world 3 knowledge can be criticized. Feeling of certainty is a pragmatic belief connected with action and the choice between alternatives, or else with our instinctive need for and expectation of regularities.
