#deductivism

If some of the terms are unfamiliar or unclear to you, I suggest reading part 1 and part 2 of this series.

In what I think is one of the coolest and ingenious theories in the history of philosophy, German philosopher Karl Popper (1902-1994) tried to take messiness of induction out of scientific advancement. He created an account of the scientific method that only used deduction and would therefore not have to hedge its discoveries with probabilities. Induction requires placing a probability on a conclusion’s truth because even if we observe a million ravens and inductively conclude that all ravens are black, a white raven may be born tomorrow.

Popper's theory, often called deductivism, is based off of a simple observation. While we can't prove a general theory like "all ravens are black" with certainty, we can disprove it using logically certain deduction. An albino raven completely annihilates the hypothesis that all ravens are black.

If you haven't seen this video yet, you really need to. I haven't gotten through it a single time without crying.

Oh, gosh, thank you so very much, darling! ♥

I can't believe people are still reading that review tbqh haha I do worry about it sometimes because it's really quite heavily interpretative of me, somebody could very easily read it, have an entirely different view of the episode and not see or agree with a single thing on there! haha But I'm really glad you enjoyed it!