RE: Do you think that without religion the crusades would have never happened?
June 24, 2009 at 9:00 pm
(This post was last modified: June 24, 2009 at 9:13 pm by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
@EVF
Can't prove a negative?
Is that correct? I'm not being a smartarse, I'm really confused here.
Would some one please explain the difference between "falsifying a claim" and "proving a negative"
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My view is : The agnostic atheist who simply asserts "I don't' believe" has no burden of proof,as he makes no claims. The hard atheist,who asserts "There is no god" /"I believe there is no god", DOES have a burden of proof as he is making a claim just as much as the believer who asserts "there IS a god"/ "I believe there IS a god". I reject both positions as unfalisifiable,as metaphysical positions tend to be.My other favourite is the free will/determinism dichotomy. Many still make the same claim of dualism. I don't; I've long accepted the materialist view as having been proven.[to my satisfaction]
Can't prove a negative?
Is that correct? I'm not being a smartarse, I'm really confused here.
Would some one please explain the difference between "falsifying a claim" and "proving a negative"
From Wiki
Quote:Falsifiability (or refutability) is the logical possibility that an assertion can be shown false by an observation or a physical experiment. That something is "falsifiable" does not mean it is false; rather, that if it is false, then this can be shown by observation or experiment. Falsifiability is an important concept in science and the philosophy of science. The term "Testability" is related but more specific; it means that an assertion can be falsified through experimentation alone.
My view is : The agnostic atheist who simply asserts "I don't' believe" has no burden of proof,as he makes no claims. The hard atheist,who asserts "There is no god" /"I believe there is no god", DOES have a burden of proof as he is making a claim just as much as the believer who asserts "there IS a god"/ "I believe there IS a god". I reject both positions as unfalisifiable,as metaphysical positions tend to be.My other favourite is the free will/determinism dichotomy. Many still make the same claim of dualism. I don't; I've long accepted the materialist view as having been proven.[to my satisfaction]
