Science deriving a idealistic metaphysic from experience? On Friday, July 8, 2011, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote: > On 7/8/2011 10:55 PM, B Soroud wrote: > > That's what a lot of philosophers have said. I say, "Have at it!" Let me > know what you come up with. > > In theory one could formulate a rationalist system.... but that would of > course be ultimately unsatisfactory... > > The theoretical level is just a means to an end and never an end in itself, > and if it has no grounding in reality, especially experiential-reality and > instantiation, then ultimately it is more or less useless..... > > Some theoretical constructs can serve the purpose of pure expediency and > lenses through which to interact with the world and interpret it.... some may > serve to express or validate certain intuitions and seductive logical > possibilities.... others may be mere logical constructs that have -some- > substantial or persuasive basis but are ultimately unverifiable or > indemonstrable and outside of human experience..... others may serve to make > sense of things and resolve certain problems but don't ultimately prove > anything...... > > the only one that could possibly matter in this case would be one that is > derived from experience and is intrinsically "realizable" through a certain > methodology.... > and for that one would need a methodology.... > > > Isn't the scientific method that methodology? > > Brent > > > it's not possible right now if it is even possible at all. > > > > > -- > 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 > everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > > > -- > 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 > everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > >
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