(May 21, 2016 at 5:02 pm)Ignorant Wrote: Apology accepted! It is not fun taking heat for the conduct of internet trolls, but I completely understand the conclusion to which you jumped. It doesn't seem like there are many people on the internet who honestly just want to know what other people think. I'm not perfect with it, but I try to understand. Thanks again for the kind apology.Then onwards!
Quote:Consider what I bolded/underlined. What sort of process and comparison does this entail? Empirical? Observational? Rational?Your discussions with the better educated & seasoned philosophers on the board have teased out where I was leading: empiricism is axiomatic in the type of philosophically rational, material-naturalist worldview from which the scientific method was born. The practical results are testimony to its efficacy and validate the proposition in the OP.
Sum ergo sum
