RE: No reason justifies disbelief.
March 23, 2019 at 8:54 pm
(This post was last modified: March 23, 2019 at 8:55 pm by Belacqua.)
(March 23, 2019 at 8:51 pm)possibletarian Wrote:(March 23, 2019 at 8:39 pm)Belaqua Wrote: This is a thought experiment about confirming information gained in non-scientific ways. I offered as an example of non-scientific information revelation. (Then I had to explain over and over that I don't believe in revelation, that it's just a theoretical example.)
The point is that if we did take in any information in a non-scientific way, is there some non-scientific way which we could use to say it's reliable. If not, then we are not open-minded to the possibility of non-scientific reliability.
Or if you want to argue that there is no possibility of taking in and evaluating information in a non-scientific way, then you are saying that you're not open-minded to the possibility of non-scientific information and reliability.
That was not the question, the question was what information have you been able to gather using the non scientific method so far ?
That's taking me off topic. I'm not inclined to go there.
(March 23, 2019 at 8:47 pm)Mr.wizard Wrote: they have to be demonstrated.
By which you mean: demonstrated through intersubjective empirical data. Which means, science.