Re: Epistemology 101

From: John Morrison (john.morrison_at_tesco.net)
Date: 12/28/04 

Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 03:03:05 -0000

Lester Zick wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 18:00:16 -0800, Uncle Al <UncleAl0@hate.spam.net>
> in comp.ai.philosophy wrote:
>
>> Lester Zick wrote:
>>>
>>> Epistemology 101
>>> ----------
>>>
>>> (Positivism)
>>>
>>> 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.
>> [snip]
>>
>> Zick - are you still stooopid? Here's an easy one for you. Pick
>> one:
>>
>> 1) Zick is correct.
>> 2) The balance of reality is correct.
>>
>> Choose wisely.
>
> Hi Uncle Ox. I choose both of the above as mutually inclusive.
>
> Regards - Lester

    And there was I, thinking that positivism was merely an outrageous trick
perpetrated by the bald on the wise - who would then tear out all their hair
in all-too-comprehending despair and disgust. From Auguste Comte to the
Wiener Kreis (and on!): ouch!

John
johnDOTmorrisonATtescoDOTnet 

-- 
"Gegen [die] Dummheit kämpfen [die] Götter selbst vergebens." - Friedrich
von Schiller ("Die Jungfrau von Orléans", Act iii, Scene 6.)

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