Tutorial 1 Flashcards
1
Q
What are the similarities between the Vienna Circle and Karl Popper?
A
1) Empiricism
2) Empirical research, descriptive
2
Q
Why does verification (Vienna Circle) needs more evidence than falsification (Karl Popper)?
A
Because verification needs to be proven through a lot of empirical testing, while falsification only needs a single counterexample.
3
Q
Why can’t verification (Vienna Circle) solve the problem of induction, while falsification can?
A
Because the verification approach requires assuming that future observations will continue to go as past observations.
4
Q
Who proposed the problem of induction?
A
David Hume
