It replaces Popperian epistemology where their domains overlap—namely: building models from observations and using them to predict the future. There’s no overlap there b/c Popperian epistemology doesn’t provide the specific details of how to do that.
It replaces Popperian epistemology where their domains overlap—namely: building models from observations and using them to predict the future.
There’s no overlap there b/c Popperian epistemology doesn’t provide the specific details of how to do that.
Except for the advice on induction? Or has induction merely been rechristened as corroboration? Popper enthusiasts usually seem to deny doing that.
Induction doesn’t work.
building models from observations and using them to predict the future
I thought you were referring to things you can do with Bayes’ theorem and some input. If you meant something more, provide the details of what you are proposing.
Building models from observations and using them to predict the future is what Solomonoff induction does. It is Occam’s razor plus Bayes’s theorem.
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Except for the advice on induction? Or has induction merely been rechristened as corroboration? Popper enthusiasts usually seem to deny doing that.
Induction doesn’t work.
I thought you were referring to things you can do with Bayes’ theorem and some input. If you meant something more, provide the details of what you are proposing.
Building models from observations and using them to predict the future is what Solomonoff induction does. It is Occam’s razor plus Bayes’s theorem.