Re: Philosophy before science ? (was : Seman

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From: Chris Holt
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 18:52

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schiller@prl.philips.nl (schiller c) writes:

>To dismiss an argument because it is "simplistic" is a
>typical example of, well, ... arrgogance !
>A statement is either true or false, but "simplistic" is not
>evidence for false.

Some of us think that requiring a statement to be either true or
false is, well, a bit simplistic. :-)

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