On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 7:31 AM, Steven Peterson <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi Marsha, > > On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 10:11 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi Steve, > > > > When you state "Our claims about morality can have truth-value > > and be as objective as our scientific claims." are you talking > > about some definition of scientific objectivism? > > Steve: I'm promoting pragmatic anti-skepticism. I'm saying that we not not be > any more skeptical about moral truth than we are about scientific > truth. Anyone objecting to moral truth as not resting on firm > foundations similar to those of scientific claims can be shown that > moral claims in fact do not suffer by comparison to scientific ones in > terms of epistemic grounding. All the criticisms typically made for > the possibility of moral knowledge can be shown to apply equally to > scientific knowledge that we are not skeptical about. > Hi Steve, In my experience, science is based on skepticism, asking questions, trying to disprove. It is important to be skeptical about scientific truths else wise we do not advance. The practical applications of scientific methods are meant to uncover truth, not define it. I would go so far as to say that science presents a false notion of truth. The foundations of science are not necessarily firm, they are accepted. If we are not skeptical about scientific knowledge it is due to the profound indoctrination and resulting faith in its dogma. Such a thing is termed Scientism. This is not railing against science per se, it is a judgement against its applications to areas where it does not belong. Science is based on a system of equality through measurement. The accurate measurement of truth lies outside in the regions of religion or philosophy or just plain common sense. Such truth is not derived through scientific methods, but through more intuitive approaches. Our communication with Quality at a fundamental level is not measurable, it creates the concept of measurement itself. It is impossible for a calculator to calculate itself. Regards, Mark 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/md/archives.html > 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/md/archives.html
