On 25 Feb 2010 at 5:23, X Acto wrote: > Let me pre-empt Platt, in that science is belief as religion is belief, not > so. > Science has come to be dominated by the belief "that the principles of > mathematics > are the principles of all things." Scientific method is Pragmatic method. > Thats what makes it dynamic.
Ron, I'm sure you know about Godel's Incompleteness Theorem which shows mathematics cannot prove its validity. So if you're right about the dominate belief of science being a tight connection between math and all things, it appears there's a leap of faith involved similar to that of religion. As for usefulness being the standard of truth as pragmatism demands, I suggest the usefulness of religion has been demonstrated in enhancing survival by cementing group cohesion. Platt Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
