Re: Epistemology 201: The Science of Science

From: Lester Zick (lesterDELzick_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: 02/14/05 

Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 23:45:55 GMT

On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 16:03:37 -0500, "robert j. kolker"
<nowhere@nowhere.net> in comp.ai.philosophy wrote:

>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.

What is your evidence for this, Bob. Give me an example that proves
this conclusion is true.

> 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.

It's certainly a waste of your rather limited intellect, Bob.
Empiricism doesn't provide technology: people provide technology
despite suffering from empiricist blinders. They succeed despite
empiricism and not because of it, utilitarian pretenses to the
contrary notwithstanding.

Regards - Lester

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