On Friday, March 8, 2013 1:50:45 PM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote:
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> What is your empirical evidence that will convince you that my view is 
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> No empirical evidence can convince anyone that a view is right.
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> Empirical evidence can convince someone that a view is wrong. Only.
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I can see the validity of that, although it's not always two different 
things. If I have a theory that the batteries in the flashlight are dead 
and I put new batteries in and the flashlight works, I think it is safe to 
say that my theory has been validated by empirical evidence.

Craig



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