On Mar 29, 2006, at 1:59 PM, Tom C wrote:
The spell it out for since I obviously have trouble uinderstanding
your precise diction.
It would be difficult to make the precise diction of my statement any
simpler:
"With these statements, you demonstrate little study of Philosophy
or Science."
As to what it meant, the statements to which that one pertained
On Mar 29, 2006, at 10:16 AM, Tom C wrote:
Nothing unreal exists.
Something that is not real cannot be studied in the sense of
detecting, measuring, or collecting empirical evidence. It's
always something real or the manifestation of something real that
is studied. Science (used loosely) or those studying a
particular thing may not understand what it is they are studying
and therefore go off on errant paths making hypothesis that
postulate the existence of something unreal.
I would venture to say that if science is the search for and
obtaining of knowledge, and that knowledge is unflawed, therefore
can be called true (truth), that it is also real. Those things
found to be unreal "drop off the radar", as they are not real,
and are realized to be scientifically untrue.
Tom C.
are difficult to interpret into anything meaningful. They are vague
and without much obvious meaning in the scope of either Science or
Philosophy, sound much like the ramblings of a pop philosopher. If
you had studied Philosophy or Science, you would have expressed what
you meant with more precision and clarity. I have studied both
Science and Philosophy. Although I consider myself neither a
scientist nor a philosopher, I feel confident that I understand the
language well enough to recognize whether a set of statements
expresses scientific or philosophic concepts with clarity and
meaning. Since I don't know what you actually have studied, and don't
want to imply that you are stupid, the best I can say is that the
statements *demonstrate* little study of either.
The only thing that my statement implies is that your statements are
worth about as much as the pop philosopher's ramblings that you have
rejected. That's the value judgement: my opinion.
If you would care to articulate what you wanted to say more clearly,
I might be able to understand what you meant. I might even agree with
you. But the truth of my statement remains.
Godfrey
