Stathis Papaioannou wrote:
> > And there's no way to prove we aren't computer-simulated... > > Right! So if you claimed we were living in a computer simulation because you > liked the sound of it, that would be a metaphysical position. It would still be a metaphsyical claim if I had a very good arguemnt. It is metaphysical either way because of its content, not because of the way it is argued. > If Democritus came > up with the idea that everything was made of atoms because he liked the sound > of it that would have been a metaphysical position, even if happened to be > true, > because it would only have been true *by luck*, not because there was some > good reason to believe it was true. If Democritus had come up with a good > reason > for his atomic theory, that would then have been science, not metaphysics. Empiricism is still metaphysical. > Stathis Papaioannou > _________________________________________________________________ > Be one of the first to try Windows Live Mail. > http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=5d21c51a-b161-4314-9b0e-4911fb2b2e6d --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
