> On 27 May 2019, at 14:59, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 7:51 AM Bruno Marchal <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > (serious) scientist will just claim that he did not find evidence for > > telepathy, and never clued from this that telepathy does not exist. > > Scientists never decree that something does not exist, but they will say that > there are a infinite number of potential things but we are finite beings, so > priorities must be set and some things deserve more investigational effort > than others. That's why many centuries ago scientists stopped investigating > the possibility that the Earth was flat and stars are just white pinpricks on > a black celestial sphere surrounding it slightly higher than the highest > mountain.
I agree. Thats why the distinction between certainty and plausibility is crucial when we do metaphysics seriously. Observing the moons is certainly the most repeatable experience the anyone can study, yet it does not prove the existence of the moon, it just makes that existence very plausible phenomenologically, and it says nothing on the nature of the "moon experience". Bruno > > John K Clark > > > > > -- > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv1gkyO-_5WgDScxzxJGhZgLpu71fdFOHBZG1rXMGEpLBg%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv1gkyO-_5WgDScxzxJGhZgLpu71fdFOHBZG1rXMGEpLBg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/528D41EA-7950-4E92-B960-D654EF95D9B6%40ulb.ac.be.
