Feels that induction is a myth and that we cannot make inferences after just one observation. Induction serves as a guess test, and the inductive process cannot determine the demarcation criteria. Induction makes theories only probable, rather than certain. Popper's view regarding induction is that he accepts an empirical method for the use of tests, but does not believe that theories can be deduced through the use of induction. The fate of a theory is decided by observation and experimentation, that is, by empirical methodology and test results. Only the fact that a theory can be falsified should be deduced by induction (experimentation) and this “inference is purely deductive”. Popper further discusses the role of deduction in his philosophy by stating that deduction has a role in science. This role is to discover the implications represented by a theory so that one can accurately criticize them rather than prove the theories. A question one might ask is: how do we actually go from an observation to a theory? A theory must allow an explanation of the problem using the process of
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