Hume''s Problem - Induction and the Justification of Belief

Informationen zum Autor Colin Howson is Professor of Philosophy at the London School of Economics. Zusammenfassung A solution to one of the central, unsolved problems of Western philosophy, the problem of induction. David Hume argued that successful prediction tells us nothing about the truth of the predicting theory. Howson claims that Hume's argument is correct, and examines what follows about the relation between science and its empirical base.

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• Authors: Colin Howson, Colin (London School of Economics) Howson, Howson Colin
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2001
• EAN: 9780198250371
• ISBN: 978-0-19-825037-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Logic, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: logic, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge