RE: On the Success of Scientific Theories
March 24, 2015 at 5:14 am
(This post was last modified: March 24, 2015 at 5:16 am by Alex K.)
As a physicist, this sounds too simplistic to me. No good physicist would say: Theory XY is true. That's just not part of the vocabulary...
To give you a tired standard example: Newtonian theory vs. Special relativity. Newton was once the best theory, but obviously never yields 100% precise results. We know relativity and can roughly quantify the error. The same is true for relativity.
How does this situation fit in your scheme of things?
To give you a tired standard example: Newtonian theory vs. Special relativity. Newton was once the best theory, but obviously never yields 100% precise results. We know relativity and can roughly quantify the error. The same is true for relativity.
How does this situation fit in your scheme of things?
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
