How A Child Learns Language (Part 2)
Philosopher W.V. Quine continues his discussion of how children learn language. He re-asserts the importance of instinct in the learning process, linking it to what he calls perceptual similarities associated with things to be avoided or pursued.
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How A Child Learns Language (Part 1)
Philosopher W.V. Quine talks about how children learn language. He equates learning with conditioning, which is based on the instinct of induction--that is, the instinct to expect similar events to be followed by events which are in turn similar to ...
How Does Science Add to Knowledge?: Bacon's Method of Scientific Induction
Bacon urges scientists to use a method which he calls "induction." Make a number of observations, look for general patterns, then test those patterns before proposing the underlying law of nature at work. Particularly critical to the process is cond...