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Popperovo riešenie štyroch problémov indukcie
Popper’s Solution for Four Problems of Induction

Author(s): Miroslav Karaba
Subject(s): Epistemology, Logic, Early Modern Philosophy, Contemporary Philosophy, Analytic Philosophy
Published by: Teologická fakulta Trnavskej univerzity
Keywords: Karl Popper; David Hume; problem of induction; rational belief; problem of tomorrow;

Summary/Abstract: In the first chapter of his book Realism and the Aim of Science, Karl Popper establishes a close connection between the problem of induction and corroboration. In doing so, he formulates a family of four problems of induction. The presented paper after short insight to some Popper´s methodological rules analyzes these four problems of induction, namely how can we distinguish between good and bad theories; the problem of rational belief; the problem of tomorrow; and the problem of regularities. Although Popper was convinced that he had solved the problem of induction completely logically, methodically as well as epistemologically, and a metaphysical solution is not necessary, we tried to show that neither did he solve the problem as he claims, nor he implicitly use a principle of induction, as some of his critics claims.

  • Issue Year: 12/2021
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 47-60
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Slovak