RE: Has anyone seen my neutral pointer?
September 18, 2016 at 5:17 am
(This post was last modified: September 18, 2016 at 5:23 am by Alex K.)
I'm with benny, I think I understand perfectly what the OP wants in principle.I was faced with a similar problem writing popular science stuff: When recounting "what happens in nature", can one avoid talking through the lens of a theory, can one say theory-independent things about how nature works?
My problem responding to the OP is that I don't know what the word material thing means as opposed to immaterial thing. Anyonce care to offer a working definition that fits?
I think you can do it in a subjective fashion by talking only about your experience, with the assumption that one can talk about ones experience.
My problem responding to the OP is that I don't know what the word material thing means as opposed to immaterial thing. Anyonce care to offer a working definition that fits?
(September 18, 2016 at 12:36 am)Excited Penguin Wrote:(September 18, 2016 at 12:34 am)bennyboy Wrote: To me, a "neutral pointer" means you are referring to something, whatever it "really" happens to be. In other words, you don't make assumptions about the framework behind it.
That's simply impossible to do.
I think you can do it in a subjective fashion by talking only about your experience, with the assumption that one can talk about ones experience.
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
