The fact that we don't keep repeating tests in the same arena is not because the probability of the hypothesis showing its falsity in other arenas goes up after it has passed tests in one arena.

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There is no justifiable prediction about how the hypothesis will hold up in the future;...

There is no justifiable prediction about how the hypothesis will hold up in the future;...

I think philosophers can do things akin to theoretical scientists, in that, having read about...

I think philosophers can do things akin to theoretical scientists, in that, having read about...

What hadn't been realized in the literature until now is that merely to describe how...

What hadn't been realized in the literature until now is that merely to describe how...

The trouble with government regulation of the market is that it prohibits capitalistic acts between...

The trouble with government regulation of the market is that it prohibits capitalistic acts between...

Examples one finds in the philosophical literature are somebody who's seen the trial of a...

Examples one finds in the philosophical literature are somebody who's seen the trial of a...

Whoever makes something having bought or contracted for all other held resources used in the...

Whoever makes something having bought or contracted for all other held resources used in the...

It is, from another angle, an attack on requiring proof in philosophy. And it's also...

It is, from another angle, an attack on requiring proof in philosophy. And it's also...

From each as they choose, to each as they are chosen.

From each as they choose, to each as they are chosen.

Through the evolutionary process, those who are able to engage in social cooperation of various...

Through the evolutionary process, those who are able to engage in social cooperation of various...

Evolutionary cosmology formulates theories in which a universe is capable of giving rise to and...

Evolutionary cosmology formulates theories in which a universe is capable of giving rise to and...

Certainly the emphasis I place in this chapter on coordination of behavior and cooperation to...

Certainly the emphasis I place in this chapter on coordination of behavior and cooperation to...

Examples one finds in the philosophical literature are somebody who's seen the trial of a...

Examples one finds in the philosophical literature are somebody who's seen the trial of a...

I guess my tendency is to think essentially that the new wrinkles won't do the...

I guess my tendency is to think essentially that the new wrinkles won't do the...

From each as they choose, to each as they are chosen.

From each as they choose, to each as they are chosen.

It's the level that allows us each to live our own chosen lives. But I...

It's the level that allows us each to live our own chosen lives. But I...

The scientists often have more unfettered imaginations than current philosophers do. Relativity theory came as...

The scientists often have more unfettered imaginations than current philosophers do. Relativity theory came as...

Individuals have rights and there are things no person or group may do to them...

Individuals have rights and there are things no person or group may do to them...

And when human rights are being thrown aside, ignored, well, there's no game in progress,...

And when human rights are being thrown aside, ignored, well, there's no game in progress,...

Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently...

Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently...

From a religious point of view, if God had thought homosexuality is a sin, he...

From a religious point of view, if God had thought homosexuality is a sin, he...