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Curious Layman

['Member']Joined: February 20, 2021 at 04:24Last active: July 14, 2021 at 00:384 discussions16 comments

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My point is that a belief originates when the following two come together: a spark and a fuel. The fuel could be a belief justification that is based ...
May 22, 2021 at 15:35
Thank you for all the responses. I am getting the impression that some of you are merely responding to the first paragraph of the tread's description,...
May 22, 2021 at 15:20
I agree with you. The thermometer is more accurate. You can call it the scientific method, if you will. My question is, what is that common denominato...
May 09, 2021 at 18:59
Guys, i think you miss understood the point of the question. Both of the justification methods are inductive by nature. Tom believes a thermometer bec...
May 09, 2021 at 18:52
Yes you don't need foundationalist or coherentist justification methods to come to a belief. Your beliefs can be prompted by an emotional impulse, soc...
February 24, 2021 at 04:43
Overall i agree with you. We can argue about the fields that constitute science or about the definition of the scientific method, but in general you a...
February 24, 2021 at 04:35
You are welcome. And thank you for sharing your thoughts. I think you hit the nail on the head. I am leaning toward the conclusion that one can justif...
February 23, 2021 at 20:54
I like your insights. However i wasn't talking about decisions and rationality. I was discussing beliefs and the methods of their justifications, part...
February 23, 2021 at 19:59
Well question was exactly, ca you justify that statement? Why does it have to be an inference chain? Coherentism reject that as a justification method...
February 23, 2021 at 19:56
Are there any parallels between the scientific method and coherentism?
February 23, 2021 at 17:21
I am not sure what you mean by clearly defined set. The entire calculus can be derived from 15 based assumptions. Those assumptions are reasonably bas...
February 22, 2021 at 17:07
The thesis claims that every scientific hypothesis requires a belief in a set of assumptions. Well, foundationalism also says that justification of al...
February 22, 2021 at 15:17
Thanks for the reference . I will definitely check it out. Let me make a case for why the understanding of the concepts of foundationalism and coheren...
February 22, 2021 at 02:19
] And i believe the two discussions are significantly different. One focuses on truth conductivity of the two theories. Other focuses on epistemic jus...
February 22, 2021 at 01:28
It seems your definition of foundationalism only applies to the physical world. For instance, do you set up an explicit chain of inference when making...
February 22, 2021 at 01:26
Sorry if I spelled the term wrong. I wasn't sure how to say it.
February 20, 2021 at 05:05