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Quick questions on The problem of induction explained: H2 Knowledge and Inquiry
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What is goodman's new riddle?Show answer
Nelson Goodman sharpens the difficulty even for those who set Hume's problem aside. Define grue: an object is grue if it is examined before some future time and found green, or else is not so examined and is blue. Every observed green emerald is also grue, so the same evidence supports both "all emeralds are green" and "all emeralds are grue," which make conflicting predictions about unexamined emeralds. The riddle is why we are entitled to project "green" rather than "grue."
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State the dilemma at the heart of Hume's problem of induction. [6 marks]
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Explain the difference between Hume's problem and Goodman's new riddle of induction. [8 marks]
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Outline Popper's response to the problem of induction and one objection to it. [6 marks]
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