3 Questions For Believers (A work in progress.)

[Jackalope]

The savvy ones are going to make the same observation that I'm making: that our preference for relying only on empiricism is precisely that, a preference, and *is not itself demonstrable empirically* - and they're correct on that point: you cannot assert that empiricism is the only method for ascertaining truth when the truth if that claim is not demonstrable empirically.

And I would respond by saying that I do not assert empiricism to be true, but rather that it's the only reasonable way to gain new semantic knowledge, and then I would list examples to support my view and challenge these "savvy ones" to provide examples to back up their own view. If they can't, then how can their view be a reasonable view to make?
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Now you're on to a more productive approach.