Peter Jones writes: > > > 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.
We have different working definitions of "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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---