Kane B (videos of the past month: 01/21-02/18/17)

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35:13 Philosophy of Science 5 - Falsificationism In previous videos, we have seen that induction and confirmation face a variety of difficulties. Karl Popper attempted to solve the problem of induction not by showing that induction is justified, ...
32:27 Philosophy of Science 4 - Goodman's Problem of Induction This video outlines Goodman's "new riddle" of induction, which potentially provides additional reason to be skeptical of inductive inference. The consequences of Goodman's problem are discussed, an...
27:00 Philosophy of Science 3 - Hume's Problem of Induction We have noted previously that science appears to be built on induction. David Hume famously argued that induction is not rationally justified: inductive arguments provide no reason whatsoever to be...
31:36 Philosophy of Science 2 - The Hypothetico-Deductive Method In this video I outline the hypothetico-deductive method and then consider five objections to it, including the problem of irrelevant conjunctions and the ravens paradox.
24:22 Philosophy of Science 1 - Induction and Naive Inductivism In this video, I outline the difference between inductive and deductive reasoning, and then examine the "naive inductivist" model of the scientific method, according to which science essentially in...