Re: A theory of beliefs
From: Lester Zick (lesterDELzick_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: 07/26/04
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Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 22:04:54 GMT
On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 19:14:21 GMT, patty <pattyNO@SPAMicyberspace.net>
in comp.ai.philosophy wrote:
>Lester Zick wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 16:27:02 -0000, Ron Peterson <ron@shell.core.com>
>> in comp.ai.philosophy wrote:
>>
>>
>>>In sci.econ Lester Zick <lesterDELzick@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 13:35:55 -0000, Ron Peterson <ron@shell.core.com>
>>>>in comp.ai.philosophy wrote:
>>>
>>>>>The concept of truth for mathematics is that a proposition is derivable
>>>>
>>>>>from the assumed axioms. That concept of truth doesn't work for the
>>>>
>>>>>scientific knowledge.
>>>
>>>>If the concept of truth doesn't work for scientific knowledge, I don't
>>>>see how it is possible to falsify any theory of science.In other words
>>>>if it is possible to falsify something, there is an implicit standard
>>>>of truth applicable to science and scientific theories.
>>>
>>>I said *that* concept of truth.
>>
>>
>> OK, the scientific standard of truth is not derived from axioms. But
>> there is a paradigm of experimentally defined properties against
>> which the truth of scientific theories is gauged in terms of self
>> contradiction. If there is no contradiction the theory is assumed
>> true.
>>
>
>... or perhaps is not falsifiable.
We can't know a theory is not falsifiable because experimentation
relies on possibilities not evident in the paradigm. We can only
know it is consistent or not of what we know of the paradigm.
Regards - Lester
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