So do you think that observing the sun rise today does not increase the probability that it will rise tomorrow?
(One warning in advance: unless you say that you are 100% certain that the sun rises by chance, your inductive skepticism can be logically demonstrated to be false.)
Er, I like induction—but my personal feelings on the matter were programmed into me by evolution, and make not the slightest difference to the problem of induction.
I am still a bit weirded-out at how people don’t seem to be familiar with this issue. Isn’t this rather basic material?
Tim, I am very familiar with the topic.
So do you think that observing the sun rise today does not increase the probability that it will rise tomorrow?
(One warning in advance: unless you say that you are 100% certain that the sun rises by chance, your inductive skepticism can be logically demonstrated to be false.)
Er, I like induction—but my personal feelings on the matter were programmed into me by evolution, and make not the slightest difference to the problem of induction.
I am still a bit weirded-out at how people don’t seem to be familiar with this issue. Isn’t this rather basic material?