Falsificationism and the Pragmatic Problem of Induction

Abstract

I explain how Karl Popper resolved the problem of induction but not the pragmatic problem of induction. I show that Popper's proposed solution to the pragmatic problem of induction is inconsistent with his solution to the problem of induction. I explain how Popper’s falsificationist epistemology can solve the pragmatic problem of induction in the same negative way that it solves the problem of induction.

Keywords

• conjecture
• falsification
• induction
• karl popper
• pragmatic problem of induction
• rational action