“Bacon’s method is an example of the application of inductive reasoning. However, Bacon’s method of induction is much more complex than the essential inductive process of making generalizations from observations. Bacon’s method begins with description of the requirements for making the careful, systematic observations necessary to produce quality facts. He then proceeds to use induction, the ability to generalize from a set of facts to one or more axioms. ” WP.
But what is the point? Not many people are Baconians nowadays.
What is the version of inductivism that generates no theories or scientific knowledge and what does it accomplish?
There are many kinds of knowledge and learning that are useful but fall short of scientific knowledge. It is useful to any organism to learn from experience, and many can, even simple ones. There are many useful things learning algorithms can do. My cellphone has predictive text, which is based on learning: yours probably does too.
“Bacon’s method is an example of the application of inductive reasoning. However, Bacon’s method of induction is much more complex than the essential inductive process of making generalizations from observations. Bacon’s method begins with description of the requirements for making the careful, systematic observations necessary to produce quality facts. He then proceeds to use induction, the ability to generalize from a set of facts to one or more axioms. ” WP.
But what is the point? Not many people are Baconians nowadays.
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What is the version of inductivism that generates no theories or scientific knowledge and what does it accomplish?
There are many kinds of knowledge and learning that are useful but fall short of scientific knowledge. It is useful to any organism to learn from experience, and many can, even simple ones. There are many useful things learning algorithms can do. My cellphone has predictive text, which is based on learning: yours probably does too.