The Paradox of Induction
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Prescriptive philosophy of science
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A prescriptive philosophy of science is one that tells us how science ought to work. It tries to define what the correct scientific method will be, and demonstrate that following this procedure will lead necessarily to scientific truth. One of the reasons why a prescriptive philosophy of science is sought is that there are a number of sceptical problems of a very deep nature which seem to threaten the status of science as knowledge. One of the most profound is the paradox (or problem) of induction.
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Contents of
The Paradox of Induction
1 Prescriptive philosophy of science
2 The problem or paradox of induction
3 Hume and the formulation of the paradox of induction
4 Attempts to solve the paradox of induction
5 The paradox of induction and the claim that probability is all we ought to seek
6 Swinburn and confirmation theory
7 Falsificationism and the paradox of induction
8 Extrapolation and interpolation
9 Occam razor and the paradox of induction
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