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Dan Cage

['Member']Joined: July 10, 2020 at 03:52Last active: October 18, 2020 at 14:38None discussions12 comments

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“The only argument for the validity of inductive reasoning assumes what is to be established, and is thus logically not valid.” -Bruce Rosenblum and F...
August 21, 2020 at 06:15
“Evidence” and subsequent “inductive reasoning” are dependent upon perception, even if apparatus is used (we have to perceive what the equipment tells...
August 14, 2020 at 22:44
This suggests, rather strongly, that the entirety of existence is interpretive. And interpretation applies as much to human science as every other asp...
August 14, 2020 at 16:29
Excellent advice! But I’m not out to “bash” or be “bashed”, nor to “win” an argument in the process. Learning and growth are infinite. I’m content sim...
August 02, 2020 at 07:19
Interesting and informative, thank you. I have encountered occasional quotes from a few philosopher-types over the course of my 64 years... unintentio...
August 02, 2020 at 05:38
Hmmm... I question everything and believe nothing, so it sounds like I fit in. But I do not recognize the Epistemology label so I have not knowingly s...
August 02, 2020 at 04:57
Nature??? To paraphrase Obi-Wan, “Your perceptions can deceive you. Don’t trust them.” What’s the cornerstone of philosophy? Question everything! Line...
August 02, 2020 at 04:33
True if limited to strictly human thinking. But absolute clarity is unavailable to humans whose emotions, agendas and biases distort clarity. Taking A...
August 02, 2020 at 04:01
Why does ANYTHING HAVE to be resolved? Perhaps “the truth of the matter” is that so-called life, whether by design or accident, is about dealing with ...
August 02, 2020 at 03:23
At the quantum level?
August 01, 2020 at 17:14
- Nobel Prize-winning physicist Erwin Schrodinger
August 01, 2020 at 07:09
Gregory, thanks! I was 8 years old in 1963 when, while watching the premiere of The Outer Limits, the “Galaxy Being” said, “Infinity is god”. That has...
July 10, 2020 at 06:40
I’d like to suggest a review of exactly what “infinity” is. Since time and space are inextricably linked, another way of saying this is, you can’t hav...
July 10, 2020 at 05:15