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Self-Validating Empirical Epistemology?
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RE: Self-Validating Empirical Epistemology?
May 20, 2016 at 4:26 pm
(May 20, 2016 at 1:28 pm)Mr.wizard Wrote: "because NOT all propositions are subject to empirical validation, only some"

But not all propositions are true or count as knowledge. Name a proposition that is known to be true that is not verifiable? Then tell me how we know it's true?

That is simply what I'd like to hear someone explain. Consider the bold proposition in the original post. Tell me how we know it's true.
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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 20, 2016 at 4:26 pm
RE: Self-Validating Empirical Epistemology? - by quip - May 24, 2016 at 6:23 pm
RE: Self-Validating Empirical Epistemology? - by GUBU - May 26, 2016 at 5:41 am

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