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Ep 71: David Deutsch explains "explanations" further. (A "question for David" 2)

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The philosopher David Hume raised this so-called problem of induction in the 18th century. He asked: how can we be justified given our repeated set of observations say that the sun has always risen in the past? I say it's bizarre because the problem has been solved, and basically it's not a problem at all. The whole point of science is to go out into the world and investigate what is absolutely true on this view. It refutes Inductivism and Justificationism.

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