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Article #1192Re: Logic and Coercion
From: Sarge Gerbode
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1987 04:28
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1987 04:28
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In a sense, Nosick's approach is similar to that of a scientist. The scientist proposes various hypotheses that would explain present phenomena. These hypotheses are then compared with existing data and with other existing phenomena and scientific theories to see if they "fit". A major difference (and one that makes science empirical, where Nosick's method is not) is that in scientific method, new, previously undiscovered phenomena are predicted that would follow from the hypothesis. Also, in Nosick's approach, the conclusions or phenomena to be explained are conceived as derived by some process of *reasoning* from different possible premisses, while in the scientific approach, they are thought to follow at least partially through some *causal* chain, rather than one of reasoning alone. -- "Absolute knowledge means never having to change your mind." Sarge Gerbode Institute for Research in Metapsychology 950 Guinda St. Palo Alto, CA 94301 UUCP: pyramid!thirdi!sarge
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!rutgers!sri-spam!ames!lll-lcc!pyramid!thirdi!sarge From: sarge@thirdi.UUCP (Sarge Gerbode) Newsgroups: sci.philosophy.tech Subject: Re: Logic and Coercion Message-ID: <72@thirdi.UUCP> Date: Thu, 30-Jul-87 00:28:42 EDT Article-I.D.: thirdi.72 Posted: Thu Jul 30 00:28:42 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 1-Aug-87 04:34:28 EDT References: <68@thirdi.UUCP> <9962@duke.cs.duke.edu> <573@rlgvax.UUCP> <9975@duke.cs.duke.edu> Reply-To: sarge@thirdi.UUCP (Sarge Gerbode) Organization: Institute for Research in Metapsychology Lines: 19 Keywords: explanation, transcendental argument, Kant, Nozick Summary: Nosicks method is similar to scientific method