Re: Determinism

From: Aaron Agassi (agassi@erols.com)
Date: Thu Apr 05 2001 - 21:36:49 BST

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    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu>
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    Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 1:08 PM
    Subject: Re: Determinism

    > On 04/05/01 11:11, Aaron Agassi said this-
    >
    > >Knowledge of the truth, however, is never certain.
    >
    > Ah, but 'knowledge of the truth', is, to me, science.

    Then your definitions, I hope, are provisional! Because Science is only the
    quest for truth. Knowledge, such as it is, the output there of.

    >Mixing terms
    > around, 'never certain' could easily be substituted for 'provisional' in
    > its "serving only for the time being" sense, thus, 'science, [however] is
    > provisional'....

    Science, yes, truth, no.

    >
    > QED?
    >
    > - Wade
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