Difference between deduction and induction

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Question 1. Explain the problems that 17th and 18th century empiricists were trying to solve. Do you think their solution works? Do we have anything to learn from the empiricists today?

Question 2. What is the difference between deduction and induction according to the "Philosophize This!" podcast? Why doesn't induction give us certainty? Consider abduction, as defined by Sober. Can abduction give us certainty? Why/why not?

Question 3. What is the difference between primary and secondary qualities? How does this question relate to the "veil of perception" problem? Do you think empiricism can give us an account of how we know things as they exist in themselves, as opposed to how they appear to us?

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