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ET Jaynes solved it indirectly in his book Probability Theory: The Logic of Science(1). As a tl;dr, it turns out that knowledge--as it's defined in the problem
by khafra 17y ago
ET Jaynes solved it indirectly in his book Probability Theory: The Logic of Science(1). As a tl;dr, it turns out that knowledge--as it's defined in the problem of induction--doesn't exist.
(1) http://www-biba.inrialpes.fr/Jaynes/prob.html http://www-biba.inrialpes.fr/Jaynes/prob.html
- dmfdmf 17y agoI agree Jaynes made some significant, important progress. However, the conclusion that the problem does not exist comes from Kant, its a dodge. The problem is still open because Kant's theory of knowledge is a denial of ALL knowledge.