Re: Epistemology 201: The Science of Science

From: robert j. kolker (nowhere_at_nowhere.net)
Date: 02/14/05 

Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 16:03:37 -0500

Lester Zick wrote:

> Unfortunately, Albert, empiricism doesn't yield truth. It only yields
> falsity.

That is true. There is no way of proving a scientific theory is true,
always and forever, but one can falsify it. There is also something else
that empiricism provides: technology. Pure non-empirical philsophy is
useless and worse than useless. It is also a waste of our finite and
precious time.

Bob Kolker

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