Popper on induction and independence

Philosophy of Science 44 (2):326-331 (1977)
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Karl Popper, in "The Logic of Scientific Discovery" Section *vii, argues that if you find that some objecta a,b, c ... have a specific property P, then this discovery by itself does not increase the probability that some other object also has P. He concludes that there can be no effective principle of induction. My paper disproves Popper's claim, using very elementary considerations..

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Bruce Langtry
University of Melbourne

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The Logic of Scientific Discovery.Karl Popper - 1959 - Studia Logica 9:262-265.
Studies in Inductive Logic and Probability.Rudolf Carnap & Richard C. Jeffrey (eds.) - 1971 - University of California Press.
Studies in Inductive Logic and Probability.R. Carnap & R. C. Jeffrey - 1975 - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 26 (2):143-149.

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