THE VINDICATION OF SKEPTICISM (AKA SKEPTICAL EMPIRICISM): knowledge grows by 1) negative empiricism, or 2) “tight” logical/mathematical proofs and arguments (not “loose” as in social science using naive mathematics), certainly not by confirmatory empiricism. This is the problem of induction in the making. The current understanding of science mistakes it for “naive” empiricism instead of skeptical empiricism, largely negative.
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THE VINDICATION OF SKEPTICISM (AKA SKEPTICAL… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.