the laws of logic (identity, contradiction, excluded middle). contradiction is forbidden.
but what causes those laws?
Source date (UTC): 2018-03-24 13:29:00 UTC
Category: Epistemology and Method
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the laws of logic (identity, contradiction, excluded middle). contradiction is f
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My answer to What is the epistemology of Austrian economics?
My answer to What is the epistemology of Austrian economics? https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-epistemology-of-Austrian-economics/answer/Curt-Doolittle?share=036a9167
Source date (UTC): 2018-03-23 00:58:23 UTC
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8 – Why can we do it easily? Because (really) all truth sounds the same, and all
8 – Why can we do it easily? Because (really) all truth sounds the same, and all falsehood sounds different. The problem is that falsehood is, like sugar and spice, more entertaining, and goes down easier.
Source date (UTC): 2018-03-23 00:29:41 UTC
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@MaganeUsoNoUso 7 – So just as a sculptor can build a bust out of clay, or he can carve one from stone, we can find what is true, by carving away, even if we can’t find it from building it up. … Now, can you do this? Yes, and with practice, pretty easily.
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@MaganeUsoNoUso 7 – So just as a sculptor can build a bust out of clay, or he can carve one from stone, we can find what is true, by carving away, even if we can’t find it from building it up. … Now, can you do this? Yes, and with practice, pretty easily.
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7 – So just as a sculptor can build a bust out of clay, or he can carve one from
7 – So just as a sculptor can build a bust out of clay, or he can carve one from stone, we can find what is true, by carving away, even if we can’t find it from building it up. … Now, can you do this? Yes, and with practice, pretty easily.
Source date (UTC): 2018-03-23 00:28:43 UTC
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@MaganeUsoNoUso 6 – Now, we can’t ever be certain that very much about anything complicated is completely true, but we can eliminate so much of what people say that very little remains.
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@MaganeUsoNoUso 6 – Now, we can’t ever be certain that very much about anything complicated is completely true, but we can eliminate so much of what people say that very little remains.
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6 – Now, we can’t ever be certain that very much about anything complicated is c
6 – Now, we can’t ever be certain that very much about anything complicated is completely true, but we can eliminate so much of what people say that very little remains.
Source date (UTC): 2018-03-23 00:26:35 UTC
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@MaganeUsoNoUso 5 – But others can and have been able to afford that measurement and testing. So the question is, how can we test the words, measurements, and tests of others who were able to afford the patience, time, energy, and cost?
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@MaganeUsoNoUso 5 – But others can and have been able to afford that measurement and testing. So the question is, how can we test the words, measurements, and tests of others who were able to afford the patience, time, energy, and cost?
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5 – Now, it turns out that just as we can measure things with mathematics, or sc
5 – Now, it turns out that just as we can measure things with mathematics, or scales, or volumes, and we can measure the logical consistency of sentences, and we can write programs, we can also learn how to ‘measure’ what people say – such that we can tell if it’s false. …
Source date (UTC): 2018-03-23 00:25:25 UTC
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@MaganeUsoNoUso 4 – We call this process of measurement and testing ‘science’. The problem with that system of measurement and testing is that there are things we can afford, and there are things we cannot afford to measure and test – including our patience, time, and energy.
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@MaganeUsoNoUso 4 – We call this process of measurement and testing ‘science’. The problem with that system of measurement and testing is that there are things we can afford, and there are things we cannot afford to measure and test – including our patience, time, and energy.
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5 – But others can and have been able to afford that measurement and testing. So
5 – But others can and have been able to afford that measurement and testing. So the question is, how can we test the words, measurements, and tests of others who were able to afford the patience, time, energy, and cost?
Source date (UTC): 2018-03-23 00:21:13 UTC
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@MaganeUsoNoUso 4 – We call this process of measurement and testing ‘science’. The problem with that system of measurement and testing is that there are things we can afford, and there are things we cannot afford to measure and test – including our patience, time, and energy.
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@MaganeUsoNoUso 4 – We call this process of measurement and testing ‘science’. The problem with that system of measurement and testing is that there are things we can afford, and there are things we cannot afford to measure and test – including our patience, time, and energy.
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4 – We call this process of measurement and testing ‘science’. The problem with
4 – We call this process of measurement and testing ‘science’. The problem with that system of measurement and testing is that there are things we can afford, and there are things we cannot afford to measure and test – including our patience, time, and energy.
Source date (UTC): 2018-03-23 00:20:01 UTC
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@MaganeUsoNoUso 3 – We compensate for those limits by reducing that which is beyond those precision to analogy to those precisions, and then working hard to insure that we do not imagine relationships (conclusions) that are not there, nor overlook those that are, no matter how counter intuitive.
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@MaganeUsoNoUso 3 – We compensate for those limits by reducing that which is beyond those precision to analogy to those precisions, and then working hard to insure that we do not imagine relationships (conclusions) that are not there, nor overlook those that are, no matter how counter intuitive.
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3 – We compensate for those limits by reducing that which is beyond those precis
3 – We compensate for those limits by reducing that which is beyond those precision to analogy to those precisions, and then working hard to insure that we do not imagine relationships (conclusions) that are not there, nor overlook those that are, no matter how counter intuitive.
Source date (UTC): 2018-03-23 00:17:37 UTC
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@MaganeUsoNoUso 2-The answer is that you can only trust your senses at the level of precision of your senses. You can only trust your intuitions given the precision and biases of your intuitions. You can only trust your reason given the precision of your (all of our) reason.
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@MaganeUsoNoUso 2-The answer is that you can only trust your senses at the level of precision of your senses. You can only trust your intuitions given the precision and biases of your intuitions. You can only trust your reason given the precision of your (all of our) reason.
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2-The answer is that you can only trust your senses at the level of precision of
2-The answer is that you can only trust your senses at the level of precision of your senses. You can only trust your intuitions given the precision and biases of your intuitions. You can only trust your reason given the precision of your (all of our) reason.
Source date (UTC): 2018-03-23 00:16:02 UTC
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@MaganeUsoNoUso 1-You know, you shouldn’t be hard on yourself for asking that question, because it’s probably the hardest question. I spent most of my adult life on that question and I gotta tell you it was very hard, and I only solved it by standing on the shoulders of relatively recent giants.
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@MaganeUsoNoUso 1-You know, you shouldn’t be hard on yourself for asking that question, because it’s probably the hardest question. I spent most of my adult life on that question and I gotta tell you it was very hard, and I only solved it by standing on the shoulders of relatively recent giants.
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