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Many, who have poorly understood the power of analysis, logic and "scientific" prediction, put great weight on the so-called "analysis of facts" to predict the future. In Fact, Fiction and Forecast, Fourth Edition, philosopher Nelson Goodman writes: The problem of the validity of judgements about future or unknown cases arises, as Hume pointed out, because such judgments are neither reports of … Continue Reading »