John Stuart Mill: Inductivism
Created @April 29, 2022 4:20 PM
Class
Type
Materials
Reviewed
Naive Indctivism
okay to generalise is:
large amount of evidence in support
no evidence against it
repeated under wide variety of circumstances
How science explains and predicts:
inductive generalization (independant observation)
1. to PREDICT a fact is to find a law which the fact can be derived (deduced as a
consequence of a law of nature)
2. to EXPLAIN is to identify a law under which the fact falls
John Stuart Mill
Induction by simple enumeration is inadequate
0
Induction by simple enumeration
a1, a2, a3 have b therfore all a have b
John Stuart Mill: Inductivism 1
Created @April 29, 2022 4:20 PM
Class
Type
Materials
Reviewed
Naive Indctivism
okay to generalise is:
large amount of evidence in support
no evidence against it
repeated under wide variety of circumstances
How science explains and predicts:
inductive generalization (independant observation)
1. to PREDICT a fact is to find a law which the fact can be derived (deduced as a
consequence of a law of nature)
2. to EXPLAIN is to identify a law under which the fact falls
John Stuart Mill
Induction by simple enumeration is inadequate
0
Induction by simple enumeration
a1, a2, a3 have b therfore all a have b
John Stuart Mill: Inductivism 1
