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The induction problem

שו”תCategory: philosophyThe induction problem
asked 4 years ago

Happy Holidays!
1-Does the problem of induction according to Yom only claim that we do not know what the cause was that caused the phenomenon before our eyes, or does it also claim that there is no causality at all? I understood that we only do not necessarily know the correct cause, but it is clear that there is deterministic causality, is that true?
2-Assuming that it is, then is there anyone who claims that there is no causality at all?
3- I don’t really understand Yom’s problem, and even if we don’t know the absolute cause, would it still be enough for us to rely on it for how we will act in practice (since seemingly the whole purpose of science is to enable us to act in reality, and what does it matter if it is not the real truth)?
Thank you very much!


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מיכי Staff answered 4 years ago
We have no way of knowing whether there is any causality in the world, whether there is always a cause, and also whether, in a particular case, there is a causal relationship between event A and event B.

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שואל השאלה replied 4 years ago

If there is no reason then why does this happen? Isn't this an assumption of something out of nothing?
The rabbi didn't answer the first and second questions?

הפוסק האחרון replied 4 years ago

The credibility of a scientific theory is not based on its explanatory power for past events, but on the predictions for the future that result from it.
And there are already theories that allow the entire universe to be destroyed in a moment, so there is no problem of induction, but rather a problem of over-optimism.

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