On Friday, March 8, 2013 11:11:38 PM UTC-5, Stephen Paul King wrote: > > On 3/8/2013 11:08 PM, Stephen P. King wrote: > > Hi, > > Is the following a sound claim? > > > "...scientifically meaningful propositions are questions about the past, > the present, the future, or the eternal laws that: > > - might in principle be both false and true > - admit a method, at least in principle, to evaluate their truth > values." > > -- > > > Is the following a sound claim? > > "...examples of propositions that don't belong to science because one of > the disqualifying conditions below holds: > > - they're purely mathematical in character so they require no > empirical input at all > - they're statements about fictional objects such as Hamlet that can't > be decided from the only available data, in this case the text of Hamlet > (there's no "real Hamlet" offering "additional data") > - they depend on subjective opinions and preferences" > > -- > > They sound ok to me. Subjective opinions should not be included when the topic of consideration is subjectivity itself, but they should be understood as expressions of subjective phenomena.
Craig > Onward! > > Stephen > > PS, I am quoting Sean Carroll <http://preposterousuniverse.com/> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
