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To: ketsu

==All science is *inductive reasoning*

If all science is inductive reasoning, then Darwood’s “T”oE is unscientific:

A second unsatisfying assertion in the review, that Darwin was a “ruthlessly inductive thinker,” ignores the impressive scope and depth of Darwin’s deductive achievements in “On the Origin of Species,” as noted by Peter Medawar 40 years ago in, ironically enough, “Induction and Intuition in Scientific Thought.” Throughout his great work, Darwin derives the deductive implications of his fundamental ideas for the natural world and compares reality to logically generated expectation.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/books/review/Letters-t-DARWININFULL_LETTERS.html


69 posted on 02/23/2009 4:08:34 AM PST by GodGunsGuts
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To: ketsu

PS Darwood’s so-called logically generated expectations are being falsified at a very alarming rate. Needless to say, Creation Scientists have been predicting this eventuality ever since Darwin first published Origins.


70 posted on 02/23/2009 4:12:02 AM PST by GodGunsGuts
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