Saturday, 7 June 2014
Causation & Necessity in Hume’s Treatise
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i) Introduction ii) Necessity and Empiricism iii) Custom and Worldly Necessity iv) Necessity: A Cartesian Detour In his A...
Thursday, 5 June 2014
Nancy Cartwright on Scientific Laws
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Cartwright on Non-Modalised and Non-Universalised Scientific Laws Nancy Cartwright doesn’t believe that there are ‘modalised univer...
Populations: Arithmetical & Geometrical/Exponential Increase
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You can partly get to grips with exponential increase by thinking about what is called The Malthusian Catastrophe . Thomas ...
Hypotheses & Observational Consequences
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How are Hypotheses Tested? According to Wesley Salmon, test their hypotheses by deducing observational consequences from the...
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
The Paradox of the Barber Who Shaves Everyone Who Doesn't Shave Himself
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There are actually some (as it were) false paradoxes: arguments or situations which seem paradoxical until they are seen not to ...
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