POS Week 3

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critical rationalism
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the main task of scientists is to purify science by searching for false claims and ideas
problems with adjustments in standard view
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observation cannot be theory independent; problem of induction cannot be adequately resolved
Observation cannot be theory independent
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observation is always dependent on the perspective that you take. We cannot observe anything if w have no idea what to look for
Search-light theory
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concepts guide us in what to look for and infect our reporting of what we see; exception: Big Data
Problem of induction is not resolved
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degree of confirmation approaches zero; striving for the highest-truth-likeliness will lead to undesirable results; we should not induct something based on X observed cases
Rationalist element in Popper's critical rationalism
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develop theories that say as much as possible about reality
Critical element in Popper's critical rationalism
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empirically test these theories as sharply as possible
Quine-Duhem thesis
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when you find a conflicting example that is obtained, it does not lead to the immediate adjustment of the theory; the new observation must be first investigated in order to understand what happened for this conflicting example to come about
(Quine-Duhem) Conflict between theory and observation can be solved in two ways
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Proposition I (the definition) is fale; Proposition II (the observation) is false

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