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Can anyone give a single example of when tact deceive us?
Descartes says that the senses deceive us. I agree for all senses, except for the tact (of the hand).
There are optical illusions, but not tact illusions. When we touch something, we know or we don't ...
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Is the anthropic principle in physics falsifiable?
The Anthropic Principle states that the fundamental physics of the universe must allow the possibility of conscious life in the universe - as that is an observable fact.
It's often qualified as ...
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What does Einstein's quote “If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts” mean?
What did Einstein really mean by saying:
If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
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How would you describe the relationship of science and philosophy of science?
How would you describe the relationship of science and philosophy of science? Is it a worldview that sets a tone to scientific jargon? I mean that statements of eg. physics are under submission of the ...
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Origin of the idea that something can't be proved, only disproved
Does anyone know if the idea that something can't be proved, only disproved has a specific origin? I often hear it and would like to make a reference to it in a term paper I'm writing. Is it from the ...
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Is physicalism a current scientific consensus?
I was reading Wikipedia through materialism and physicalism article and was unable to find, whether modern scientists largely subscribe to physicalism in natural sciences.
What is the scientific ...
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Am I using terminlolgy about pseudo-science correctly? [closed]
When I'm thinking about pseudo-science, I subdivide into more specific (although overlapping) cases.
Psedo-science - general case: anything that looks like science (difficult books, difficult ...
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What is this technique to gain proof called?
I just found out that I always missused the term deduction. I always thought that deduction meant gaining a proof by showing that all the other possible answers are wrong. But deduction is actually ...
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Do all sciences use the same fundamental approach - the scientific method?
Even so I admit that the statement "All sciences use the same fundamental approach - the scientific method" may be true or false, it is not obvious to me whether it is actually true or false.
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What makes a good question?
Most philosophy begins with a question. I'm wondering why certain questions provoke more profound thoughts than others. What characteristics do good questions share with each other? How can we go ...
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Does quantum mechanics suggest that our scientific method is flawed?
Some quantum mechanics experiments seem to suggest that our current understanding of reality is flawed.
Entanglement experiments show us that particles separated in space, can still somehow ...
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Do ego-asymmetric theories invalidate the scientific method?
Suppose there is a physical theory that predicts that the observable physical laws differ when applied to the observer himself rather than to the other people, for any given observer.
Would ...
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Is scientific method applicable to quantum mechanics? [closed]
In my opinion natural science is a collectivist tool of research, invented to improve human's ability to understand nature. Science gives people two main advantages which are impossible with other ...
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Is there something in the real world that cannot be proved nor disproved? [closed]
It is often said that you cannot prove nor disprove God. People who bring forward this kind of reasoning often try to persuade you that there is a kind of balance, a truce; you can't prove your point ...
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How to recognize truth when you hear it? [closed]
Amateur here.
I always held that the only way to identify truth is by the scientific method. You test it. But, as I sit here smoking my pipe, I think there has got to be some method to deal with ...
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Does the Scientific Method of research apply to philosophy?
The Scientific Method is essentially the effort to discover causation in perceived correlations of collected data. In other words it hunts for 'recipes' that can be applied to consistently achieve a ...
