Thus spake Russ Abbott circa 09-09-16 04:32 PM: > Both RussS and GlennR I can't take it anymore! ;-) ... only a single "n". I posit that you miss that sort of thing because you have two S's and two T's at the ends of your names.
> responded to my question about the disparagement of > "real" mainly by talking about phenomenology, ontology, and epistemology. I didn't respond that way. I told you that I don't _know_ and don't care whether there's a "reality" out there or not. I also don't know or care whether reality is knowable or not. That statement is pragmatic, not phenomenological, ontological, or epistemological. Of course, I'm not a scientist. > I can't even imagine what it would > mean to answer a question like "Is there reality?" in the negative. That's simple. To answer that question at all is a spiritual or religious belief. And I'm pretty sure you can imagine having a spiritual belief, right? -- glen e. p. ropella, 971-222-9095, http://agent-based-modeling.com ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
