An empirical generalization (like "All swans are white") can be established conclusively by experience.
An empirical generalization (like "All swans are white") can be established conclusively by experience.
No matter how many times we've observed a swan and found it to be white, it still could happen that the next swan we observe will be black.
So experience can never make an empirical generalization certain.
An empirical generalization (like "All swans are white") can be established conclusively by experience.
No matter how many times we've observed a swan and found it to be white, it still could happen that the next swan we observe will be black.
So experience can never make an empirical generalization certain.