Re: Scientific beliefs

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From: Stevan Harnad
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1986 05:31

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In article <247@sri-arpa.ARPA>, KFL@MX.LCS.MIT.EDU "Keith F. Lynch"
writes:
>     > "All scientific beliefs are in principle falsifiable by experiment"
>       ...is not a scientific belief, but a definition.

And what argument is there for adhering to that definition? What other
issues can be settled by proffering a definition? (This problem is at
least as old as Hume; I recommend reading Lewis Carroll on Achilles and
the Tortoise.)
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Subject: Re: Scientific beliefs
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Date: Wed, 19-Nov-86 00:31:24 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 19 00:31:24 1986
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Summary: Truth by definition

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