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A Lesson in the Practicality of Philosophy I Learned Today
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RE: A Lesson in the Practicality of Philosophy I Learned Today
(October 21, 2014 at 4:08 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote:
(October 21, 2014 at 3:41 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: Are you suggesting that only knowledge that has (empirically) predictive value counts as knowledge?
No. I'm saying that is the only (reliable) method for ensuring that knowledge concerned with objectivity is ascertained.
Seems circular. Can you prove a proposition that science is the only reliable method for confirming objective knowledge by using scientific methods?
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RE: A Lesson in the Practicality of Philosophy I Learned Today - by Neo-Scholastic - October 21, 2014 at 4:46 pm

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