On 11 March 2015 at 06:41, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 Telmo Menezes <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> it's irrelevant if mater is fundamental or not, either way it wouldn't >>> change the fact that a non-materialistic theory is not falsifiable. >>> >> >> > Nor is a materialistic theory falsifiable. >> > > if no materialistic theory is falsifiable and no non-materialistic theory > is falsifiable then no theory is falsifiable and science does not exist. >
Strictly speaking that isn't correct. All one can deduce is that science is agnostic on whether materialism is correct or not, which leaves it plenty of scope to find other stuff out. (Bear in mind that materialism in this context is shorthand for primary materialism.) -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
