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Article #4482Re: Religion & Physics Don't Mix
From: Stephen F. Schaffner
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 18:05
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 18:05
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In article <74170@hydra.gatech.EDU>, cegtitd@prism.gatech.EDU (Tim Dodd) writes: |> In article <BxB855.7Mq@unixhub.SLAC.Stanford.EDU| sschaff@roc.SLAC.Stanford.EDU (Stephen F. Schaffner) writes: |> |It seems pretty clear to me that the concept of meaning that you espouse is |> |itself meaningless under your own definition (meaning does not, after all, |> |refer to anything observable), and is in fact a philosophical rather than |> |a scientific statement. |> |> Au contraire: I defined "meaning" in an earlier post. It most certainly |> refers to something real. |> I'm sorry, I must have missed the part where you showed that the concept of meaning was empirically verifiable (I believe that was one of your requirements for meaning). Could you run that part by me again? -- Steve Schaffner sschaff@unixhub.slac.stanford.edu The opinions expressed may be mine, and may not be those of SLAC, Stanford University, or the DOE.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!uknet!doc.ic.ac.uk!aixssc.uk.ibm.com!yktnews!admin!newsgate.watson.ibm.com!news.ans.net!europa.asd.contel.com!emory!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!unixhub!roc.SLAC.Stanford.EDU!sschaff From: sschaff@roc.SLAC.Stanford.EDU (Stephen F. Schaffner) Newsgroups: sci.physics Subject: Re: Religion & Physics Don't Mix Message-ID: <BxGnLw.J8A@unixhub.SLAC.Stanford.EDU> Date: 9 Nov 92 18:05:54 GMT References: <1992Nov5.221645.26360@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU+ <73878@hydra.gatech.EDU| <BxB855.7Mq@unixhub.SLAC.Stanford.EDU| <74170@hydra.gatech.EDU> Sender: news@unixhub.SLAC.Stanford.EDU Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Lines: 22