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Re:Münchhausen trilemma by DanielBMarkham on Friday May 11, 2018 @09:12AM (#17047030)
We should teach abduction and Bayesian reasoning as part of a normal education. Epistemology overall is more of a collegiate/post-grad subject, but we have to provide some kind of foundation in epistemology. Otherwise we end up with a lot of kids who have tied their self-worth to knowing "science", but it's more of a slogan and catch-all phrase than something they can continue to build on. (Aside from the actual practice of whatever scientific field they end up in. Even then, we see in several fields epistemological problems rearing their heads -- and the leading practitioners clueless about what to do about it. Usually re-inventing the wheel in some ad-hoc fashion.)
Re:Münchhausen trilemma by Angostura on Friday May 11, 2018 @10:10AM (#17047384)
I've no idea what abduction means in this context, and neither does my dictionary. Can anyone help?
Re:Münchhausen trilemma by SilasX on Friday May 11, 2018 @11:40AM (#17048143)
Re:Münchhausen trilemma by letsgetphysITal on Friday May 11, 2018 @10:16AM (#17047422)
Take the facts, and form the simplest theory that explains them. At least that's my take on it in this context.