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Started by KFL
Sat, 15 Nov 1986 01:08
Scientific beliefs
Author: KFL
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1986 01:08
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1986 01:08
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From: "Keith F. Lynch" <KFL@MX.LCS.MIT.EDU>
From: rutgers!princeton!mind!harnad@Seismo.arpa (Stevan Harnad)
> All scientific beliefs are in principle falsifiable by experiment.
For example, I suppose, the scientific belief that all scientific
beliefs are in principle falsifiable by experiment...
That is not a scientific belief, but a definition.
...Keith
Re: Scientific beliefs
Author: Stevan Harnad
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1986 05:31
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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