(October 31, 2019 at 6:40 am)FlatAssembler Wrote: Fine, such questions probably can't be answered using strictly the scientific method. But that doesn't mean we can't make a strong case for what is the correct answer to that via induction. And we can perhaps say induction is the first part of the scientific method: hypotheses that are tested need to be reasonable, they need not to appear to contradict our experience.
Yes, I agree. If we make a claim about truth using logical reasoning, e.g. induction, this may make a persuasive argument about the world that is not science.
