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- Title
Philosophy of science and black swan.
- Authors
Hakan, Tayfun
- Abstract
Francis Bacon, an English philosopher who lived from 1561 to 1626, thought that induction and inductive reasoning were the basis of all scientific knowledge of nature (Fig. Millions of swans were observed for centuries, and all of them were white without exception; thus, following inductive reasoning, one can conclude that all swans are white was a universal truth. His observation of a black swan falsified the hypothesis that all swans are white and undercut Bacon's inductive approach to creating scientific knowledge.
- Subjects
PHILOSOPHY of science; SWANS; BLACK swan theory
- Publication
Child's Nervous System, 2022, Vol 38, Issue 9, p1655
- ISSN
0256-7040
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1007/s00381-020-05009-3