Re: Epistemology 101
From: Lester Zick (lesterDELzick_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: 12/27/04
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Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 16:10:35 GMT
On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 01:54:25 GMT, "robert j. kolker"
<nowhere@nowhere.com> in comp.ai.philosophy wrote:
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>Lester Zick wrote:
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>> Epistemology 101
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>> (Positivism)
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>> Without any way to decide the truth of empirical observations except
>> the absence of self contradiction, one is forced to fall back on the
>> idea of utility as the basis of epistemology.If one cannot judge truth
>> one must judge value.
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>Some facts are so manifest they can be decided by the Mark One Eyeball.
>Do you have a five dollar bill in your wallet? Take a look and see.
>What's in yer wallet?
See, now here's the difficulty. The facts you refer to as intuitively
obvious to the casual observer actually require the Mark One Mod 0
eyeball attached to a brain for a steady state solution. Otherwise all
you get is quantum mysticism in a jar.
Regards - Lester
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