Brent Meeker wrote:
> As my physics prof, Jurgen Ehlers used to say, "Before we can say whether or > not a thing exists we must know some of it's properities." So to know > whether or not bigfoot exists we need to know enough properties of the > concept 'bigfoot', like "big", "hairy", "bipedal", "lives in woods of the > Pacific Northwest",... Given enough properties we may be able to test his > existence against empirical evidence and reach a provisional conclusion. > > So epistemology precedes ontology. OTOH, ontology precedes epistemology, because you can't figure out whether anything else exists unless you exist! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
