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The word 'proof' should strictly only be used when we are dealing with deductive inferences.... Popper claimed that scientists only need to use deductive inferences.... So if a scientist is only inter…

Samir Okasha

The word 'proof' should strictly only be used when we are dealing with deductive inferences.... Popper claimed that scientists only need to use deductive inferences.... So if a scientist is only inter...

Tags: science, philosophy, logic, philosophy of science, karl popper, deductive logic, inductive logic

From a philosophical point of view, Leibniz's most interesting argument was that absolute space conflicted with what he called the principle of the identity of indiscernibles (PII). PII says that if t…

Samir Okasha

From a philosophical point of view, Leibniz's most interesting argument was that absolute space conflicted with what he called the principle of the identity of indiscernibles (PII). PII says that if t...

Tags: love, science, philosophy, physics, space, newton, astrophysics, leibniz, thought experiments, pii