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by pbhjpbhj
5682 days ago
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>you either have "knowledge" or you have "false beliefs" based on best available science. Personally I think it would be truly naive to imagine that we now have what you call "knowledge" as opposed to having in science the best (based on consensus) available description of the universe. If you wish to call the standard model "false belief" then I can go with that but it seems a bit overly fussy. We should understand that we take our axioms and build on them and measure against them but that we need to adjust those axioms as evidence comes to light. Axioms, many scientist fail to realise, are beliefs without scientific justification. Not only is physics built on them but the mathematics we use to build our physics and the logic that we use to support our mathematics are built on them too. What is more Godel shows us that we can't prove that logic to be complete and consistent from within. Yes Pyrrho is my hero but I think Carneades went a bit far. |
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