]> 2026-07-07T09:26:35+02:00 Annotation:Annotationen:Teleology and the Concepts of Causation/Izo8dlqf9k 248 en ^"permissions":^"read":ӶӺ,"update":ӶӺ,"delete":ӶӺ,"admin":ӶӺ°,"user":^"id":6,"name":"Sarah Oberbichler"°,"id":"Izo8dlqf9k","ranges":Ӷ^"start":"/divӶ3Ӻ/divӶ4Ӻ/divӶ1Ӻ/divӶ1Ӻ/divӶ8Ӻ","startOffset":14,"end":"/divӶ3Ӻ/divӶ4Ӻ/divӶ1Ӻ/divӶ1Ӻ/divӶ8Ӻ","endOffset":1145°Ӻ,"quote":"The procedure of making predictions on the strength of past experience is not only the mainstay of science but also underlies almost every action we carry out in our everyday lives. However, whereas scientists as a rule explicitly formulate their predictions, the ordinary human subject leaves them implicit in the successful ways of acting that have been turned into habits. When we open the door to the dark staircase that leads to the basement, we do not ‘predict’ that our feet will find steps to walk down, we simply trust that the stairs are still there. This trust must be no less, but need be no more, than Hume held to be necessary: \nIf there be any Suspicion, that the Course of Nature may change, and that the past may be no Rule for the future, all Experience becomes useless, and can give rise to no Inferences or Conclusions. (Hume, 1750, Essay IV, Part II) \n\nNeedless to say, suspicion about the continuing stability of the world we live in would not only vitiate the formulation of inferences and conclusions but would also turn every step we take and every movement we make into an exploration of terra incognita.","highlights":Ӷ^"jQuery321082785645684809042":^°°,^"jQuery321082785645684809042":^°°,^"jQuery321082785645684809042":^°°Ӻ,"text":"","order":"mw-content-text","category":"Prämisse3","data_creacio":1576071944090° 2019-12-11T14:45:44Z 2458829.1150926 2019-12-11T13:45:45Z 2458829.0734375 Annotationen:Teleology and the Concepts of Causation/Izo8dlqf9k