Tutorial 1

Question 1

What are the similarities between the Vienna Circle and Karl Popper?

Answer 1

1) Empiricism
2) Empirical research, descriptive

Question 2

Why does verification (Vienna Circle) needs more evidence than falsification (Karl Popper)?

Answer 2

Because verification needs to be proven through a lot of empirical testing, while falsification only needs a single counterexample.

Question 3

Why can’t verification (Vienna Circle) solve the problem of induction, while falsification can?

Answer 3

Because the verification approach requires assuming that future observations will continue to go as past observations.

Question 4

Who proposed the problem of induction?

Answer 4

David Hume