Introduction to Philosophy of Science. Lecture 2, part 1

Lecture series delivered by Professor Paul Hoyningen-Huene at Leibniz Universität Hannover, winter term 2010

[@nidamalik147]

Thank you so much for uploading. His way of delivering complicated concepts in a simple way is inspiring

[@tacticalmistress]

What a fascinating Professor!

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[@kawarpalsingh6812]

very impressive and helpful. Thank you.

[@sahbamobini]

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[@laflaca5391]

Professor, thanks for your lectures, would you please tell me if this course covers the neopositivism, Popper, Feyerabend, Khun and Hacking's point of view? thanks in advance

[@aboyinfinland9230]

Amazing lectures, amazing professor! Well done !!!

[@PHoyningen]

Thank you!

[@laflaca5391]

I think mathematics are also inductive in a very foundational level since the logical deduction is based on certains axioms and rules of inferences fhat are taken to be true inductively. For instance the modus ponendo ponens (the inference rule that tells us that from "A" and "A implies B" it follows "B") is taken as a primitive rule of inference because every time we find that a sentence "A" is true and a sentence "A implies B" is true then we always find that the sentence "B" is also true. We also asume that everything is identical to itself just because we never observed something that it is not identical to itself, so "pure" sciences are also based on our empirical observations.

[@SwiftPengu]

Russell's paradox is about things which are (or are) not identical to themselves. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell's_paradox Actually it is about sets containing themselves, but it may be related to what you're trying to express?

[@Stalley75]

Interesting topic. I'd never considered many of the ideas this Professor talks about all the time. I don't understand some of what he's saying.

[@PHoyningen]

That's a highly interesting comment.

[@sohaibkhalidmohanna9489]

A physicist should never be a philosophy teacher I thank you so much