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9321540 No.9321540 [Reply] [Original]

Any logical affirmation has to be scientifically, logical or mathematically verified to be accepted as certain of truth.

>> No.9321550
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>>9321540
>certain of truth

That only exists in mathematics and mathematics alone.

>> No.9321617

>>9321550
Good point. But that's what Comte said. We can use other terminology. But I guess the point is clear enough.

>> No.9321952

>>9321540
I guess the big one was that the claim
"Any logical affirmation has to be scientifically, logical or mathematically verified to be accepted as certain of truth."
has no scientifically, logical or mathematical way to verify it.
Quine, Reichenbach and Sellars did some good criticisms

>> No.9321987

>>9321540
what if an affirmation just feels good to the mind?

>> No.9321991

WVO Quine - Two Dogmas of Empiricism is what youre looking for


also Karl Poppers stuff as well

>> No.9322118

>>9321987
Under this philosophy of knowledge it is not sufficient to prove the affirmation as a truth.

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I think the sheer number of times positivists have gotten shit wrong and passed it off as truth are the most important critics of positivism.
Granted, non positivists have gotten shit wrong too. Probably more so than positivists.
But the problem is still that positivists are so far up their own assholes, they can't ever admit they need reason to interpret facts. And that their own reason might be fallible.
This debate has been going on for a long time, there is no clear answer despite people wanting there to be one.

>> No.9323213

>>9321540
You know, even positivists today don't get too much attachment to the notion of truth. Mostly they decided empirical adequacy is the best you can hope for.