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Self-Validating Empirical Epistemology?
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RE: Self-Validating Empirical Epistemology?
May 22, 2016 at 4:13 pm
(May 22, 2016 at 12:35 am)robvalue Wrote: Useful, practical knowledge about reality has been extremely highly correlated with empirical evidence and the scientific method. That is good evidence that evidence is good.

Well of course it is evidence that empiricism reliably produces practical knowledge! The scientific method and its effects have been one of the greatest achievements of humanity. How did the scientific method come about? Did it fall from the sky? =)

Quote:Results obtained this way tend to converge, and improve understanding. Results obtained in "other" ways tend to diverge and don't achieve anything practical.

I agree with that. The OP asked about the idea that empiricism is the ONLY way to obtain true knowledge. Did some results of the method converge on that conclusion?

Quote:When evidence is used to build the premises, and not later included to test a hypothesis, that's when we get pseudo-science.

Can you say more about that?
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Self-Validating Empirical Epistemology?

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Self-Validating Empirical Epistemology? - by Ignorant - May 20, 2016 at 5:02 am
RE: Self-Validating Empirical Epistemology? - by Ignorant - May 22, 2016 at 4:13 pm
RE: Self-Validating Empirical Epistemology? - by quip - May 24, 2016 at 6:23 pm

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