Re: linguistics vs philology

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From: Frank Peters
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 1994 03:23

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Marc A. Belanger <3914MABE@vm1.ulaval.ca> says:
> Frank Peters <fwp@CC.MsState.Edu> wrote:
> >In order to be scientific a theory must be falsifiable.  That is, there
> >must be some way of demonstrating that the theory is incorrect (it
> >being practically impossible to demonstrate that a theory is correct).
>        [remainder deleted]
> 
>Would you say that what you advance (and that is what is generally thaught)
>is, in itself salsifiable? 

Nope.  There's no reason to expect that it would be since it is a
definition, not a theory.
-- 
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From: fwp@CC.MsState.Edu (Frank Peters)
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Subject: Re: linguistics vs philology
Date: 24 Jul 1994 22:23:56 -0500
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