Even to believe that what we see exist in a objective, external reality is an act of faith. To believe, and to believe only in the authority of what is called "science" at a certain time in history is another act of faith in the authority of someone that administer some truth ( concrete scientist that administer what is called science) unless it perform experiments for himslef.
Given the fact that science has discarded as incomplete almost all that was believed by the positivist of a century ago, I think that the positivist are in a very weak ground. If the positivist, as is often the case, reject anything not sanctioned (at that time) by science then not only it is weak but quite fanatic. 2012/9/13 Stathis Papaioannou <[email protected]>: > On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 10:53 PM, Alberto G. Corona <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I just gave a positivistic argument to convince people that adhere to the >> positivistic faith. That does not mean that I´m materialist nor positivist. > > Positivism, whatever else it is, is not "faith". "Faith" is when you > believe something in the absence of evidence. > > -- > Stathis Papaioannou > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
