The same is true of theology. I am interested in how these ideas impact our thinking & ethics. I don't want to discuss them endlessly.
Thanks. Arts, yes. Some interesting philosophical ideas but philosophy too shld aim at getting closer to truth so relativity undermines that
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I wind certain people up by saying that science is finding stuff out and philosophy is making stuff up.
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Inductive reasoning can also establish truth but so much philosophy doesn't aim to do that
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Inductive reasoning is false. Popper solved that problem quite convincingly.
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Did he?
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IMO yes, in his 'conjectures and refutations'. Often in humanities only his falsification theory is taught. That is not the whole story.
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Would he disagree with the wine bottles & tennis ball example?
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Yes. Knowledge is created by conjecture and criticism. Observation or experiment never confirms theory 100%. Can only refute.
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So we can only assume that bigger things don't fit inside smaller things coz every time it's been tried, it's failed?
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