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11. 12. At the conference of "climate change deniers", you heard a speaker state that observation claims are not knowled
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11. 12. At the conference of "climate change deniers", you heard a speaker state that observation claims are not knowled
11. 12. At the conference of "climate change deniers", you heard a speaker state that observation claims are not knowledge: they are not universal, necessary, and certain." What this speaker is referencing is called the "problem of induction," and this problem is simply a fact of inductive reasoning. In short, if a conclusion depends on our observations rather than on necessary logical relationships, those conclusions cannot be guaranteed. Consider the following: "universal" means true in all cases • "necessary" means could not be otherwise "certain" means cannot be doubted