Re: There is no gap between philosophy and physics - is belief evil?

From: Kenneth Doyle (nobody_at_notmail.com)
Date: 07/22/04 

Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 22:27:31 GMT

reany@asu.edu (Patrick Reany) wrote in
news:844a1b64.0407221415.7dc1b444@posting.google.com:

>> >The most a theory can do is model some of the observables of nature
>> >and postulate hypothetical causes to account for them.
>>
>> In that case, the bible would have to considered a scientific
>> theory.
>
> I don't see the logic in that claim.
>

He seems to have forgotten that the hypothetical cause must be vulnerable
to falisfication by experiment. 

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