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Article #7749Re: Relativity, QM and philosophy.
From: John Anderson
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 03:48
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 03:48
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Dio wrote: > Relativity and QM have been discussed by a lot of scientists and > philosophers. > > What is the main difference between scientifical and philosophical approach? > > Philosophers don't use experiments as the ultimate guide towhat they are doing. In science, a theory is only acceptable if it isn't torpedoed by an experiment that it fails to predict the results of. In philosophy, a theory is only acceptable if it isn't logically consistent. And since a philosophical theory can assume any axioms it likes, it can be logically consistent and agree with a lot of things. John Anderson
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