Monday, January 26, 2009

Wittgenstein, Hume, and induction...

A Wittgensteinian Answer to the “Problem” of Induction: Why the Scare Quotes are Merited

2 comments:

  1. Hey, I see that you linked to my blog. (A first for me, besides friends and blog carnivals). I was wondering what it was that you liked about my post. Was it the solution that I offered, or something else? Simply Wittgenstein fandom?

    Thanks!

    -Chris

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  2. hi Chris, i've just been reading your blog and i found it very interesting.. but there appeared to me some ambiguous issues which arose;

    you stated: By showing how we cannot use deductive necessity as a criteria for justification (at the epistemic level), we have eliminated the standard by which induction is considered to be problematic.

    This may not be a problem and i might just have the wrong end of the stick; but my question is;
    is deductive reason or neccessity dependent upon a series of sense impressions? can a notion of neccessity be known apriori? i would be very keen to hear your views; my email is; u4681058@anu.edu.au

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