... Rafe- Mostly induction now means fallible, mathematical generalization from sample to population. snip Sean Of course induction can mean anything you like...
Rafe CHAMPION
RCHAMP@...
Aug 18, 2002 11:37 pm
910
... Rafe- How many philosophers think you can prove a law from instances? Popper won that argument hands down, and it is time to move on. Mostly induction now...
Rafe CHAMPION
RCHAMP@...
Aug 18, 2002 10:56 pm
909
Calvin, ... Gosh Calvin, you still don't get it. Perhaps this discussion will serve as an illustration of how justificationists fail to recognize their own ...
Sean, ... You have neglected to specify what your universal hypothesis would be in this case, and have thereby confused the estimation of the distribution of ...
In response to KAH's response to C. H. I am definitely NOT labelling Popper's theory an example of inductive elimination. Instead I am arguing it has exactly...
CalvinandBarbara Hayes
cal.hayes@...
Aug 18, 2002 8:41 pm
906
KAH: Thanks! I'm looking forward to it. Ken On Sun, 18 Aug 2002 11:08:43 -0700, "Kenneth Allen Hopf"...
Kenneth- You count stars in random sectors of the universe. From this sample of samples, using formulas for deriving population averages from sample averages,...
Sean McGarty
seanmcgarty@...
Aug 18, 2002 6:45 pm
904
Sean, Yes ... I know the definition of a sample space. What I'm asking is what, in the case of a universal hypothesis, must it include. Your final question...
In response to Calvin Hayes, JD>I think it is more than that the procudure cannot be 'justified ... KAH>Indeed .. the 'confirming instances' are always...
Donal- Say Karun's neural net, or your computer, writes an essay. The computer is in world 1 and the essay is in it, so the essay is in world 1. The essay is...
Sean McGarty
seanmcgarty@...
Aug 18, 2002 4:59 pm
898
Rafe- How many philosophers think you can prove a law from instances? Popper won that argument hands down, and it is time to move on. Mostly induction now...
Sean McGarty
seanmcgarty@...
Aug 18, 2002 4:55 pm
897
*The attachment mostly the same as this but in MS Word with emphasis etc. which will be more readable for some but perhaps unreadable for others. I suspect...
Let me throw in a heretical thought here (one I pointed out last week in a post) below in my comment onf Ken"s (correct) comment ... From: Kenneth Allen Hopf ...
CalvinandBarbara Hayes
cal.hayes@...
Aug 18, 2002 1:39 pm
895
This is helpful, of course, but dated since Wittgenstein, himself, disavowed much of what was done in the Tractatus. But it is interesting to go over this...
Have been having problems with my post bouncing and my subscription was suspended (without notification) for the past week. Hope to get back to some of the...
I want to offer a kind of uneven review of *Wittgenstein* By W. W. Bartley. This book is my first experience with Wittgenstein. What I expected from the book...
Rafe, Anyone who thinks Popperians are being paranoid should take note of the book by David Oldroyd and Danuta Eisner, which you review. As you mention, ...
In reponse to Larry Tapper, LT>The question I'm asking here is, is there any good argument one could ... It is astonishing to me that anyone would think these...
In reponse to Larry Tapper and James Dennert, JD>I bet that it is an even proposition whether the coin is heads. But, if ... Actually, I think the example...
In reponse to Larry Tapper and James Dennert, JD>I think it is more than that the procudure cannot be 'justified ... Indeed .. the 'confirming instances' are...
In reponse to Larry Tapper and James Dennert, JD>Thus, *no* method will be better than another, since none is more likely ... I thought I might simply...
JD>It seems to me that what the suffering townspeople really want is the ... KP>Wait a minute! What "basis"? I thought you said we need no basis. As James has...
I give up Matt. You just don't seem to follow what I'm trying to say (and I suppose you'll now respond that I'm not following what you're saying)! Your point...
Sorry about the miscue on the name. Was away and tried to jump back in and I guess I missed the facts here. But as you CR folks like to say, we are all subject...
... Matt: An example would be interesting. In the example given, it seems dates can be questioned. So we can say, there is a fact under discussion (the date)...
... As an outsider, presumably with no axe to grind in the matter: 1. how do you read the state of the debate between critical rationalists on the topic of...
Rafe Champion
rchamp@...
Aug 17, 2002 10:44 pm
882
Rafe- As an outsider, you do not have very good prospects for persuading many insiders by telling them that they are too corrupted by venal rewards for...
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