Fallibility not relativism.
University-trained doctors were taught the ideas of Greek medicine mixed with Christianity. Humours, Wandering uteri. etc.
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The uneducated had no access to this & just kept trying different things to see what worked. This seems to have worked better.
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I used to be objectivist, but I don't think our senses work that way Look up the "frame problem". Ever done this?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJG698U2Mvo …
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It's flawed, yes, but this doesn;t stop us discovering cures for disease, developing tech, finding answers. The things that matter.
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On a daily basis, this works best to answer questions. Do I have milk? Check fridge. Did my daughter do homework? Check schoolbook.
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I agree that it works best!! I just think that it is because it is pragmatically true (which is why we evolved this way).
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Yeah I'm with you here. I just don't think empiricism leads to objective truth. That is our disagreement imo
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