Quotes by Samir Okasha, Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introduction

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philosophy science astrophysics leibniz love newton physics pii principle-of-indiscernibles space thought-experiments deductive-logic inductive-logic karl-popper logic philosophy-of-science

“From a philosophical point of view, Leibniz's most interesting argument was that absolute space conflicted with what he called the principle of the identity of indiscernibles (PII). PII says that i...”
— Samir Okasha, Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introduction
astrophysics leibniz love newton

“The word 'proof' should strictly only be used when we are dealing with deductive inferences.... Popper claimed that scientists only need to use deductive inferences.... So if a scientist is only in...”
— Samir Okasha, Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introduction
deductive-logic inductive-logic karl-popper logic