[lit-ideas] Re: Back to Popper (and further back to Hume)
- From: Donal McEvoy <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 13:50:39 +0000 (GMT)
You are given a proposition: "All swans are white".
You are given three boxes to test the proposition.
You open Box 1: in it is a white swan.
Box 2: is empty.
Box 3: you are not allowed to open. Until, that is, you have found a way to
say _as a probability_ what should _probably_ be in the box.
Donal
Popper&HumeWereRightOnThisSociety
And It Relates To Darwinism
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