Ep. 280: Imre Lakatos on Scientific Progress (Part One)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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The Problem of Induction From Sensory Experience
Pauper's first move was to prove that you can never prove a statement based on an experience. Says t this is a basic piece of logic, but escapes the notice of most people. So i think some of this has to do with the problem of induction from sensory experience. And then as we get further into his objections, we'll see that there's also the problem of the theory ladenness of experience.
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