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Scientific Inference: Balancing Predictive Success with Falsifiability

May 12, 2016
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  Bayes' Theorem: Balancing predictive success with falsifiability Despite its murky logical pedigree, confirmation is a key part of learning.…
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Scientific Inference: Do We Really Need Induction?

April 28, 2016
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  Part 2. "We don't need no stinkin' induction" -- Sir Karl Popper The traditional scientific method supposedly employs induction both in the…
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Hume and the Problem of Induction in Science Explained

April 21, 2016
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Click for Full SeriesPart 1: Logical induction ain’t logical Part 2: We don’t need no stinkin’ induction Part 3: Balancing Predictive Success…
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