From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 111d6b,328622178ec8b832 X-Google-Attributes: gid111d6b,public X-Google-Thread: 10d15b,328622178ec8b832 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d15b,public X-Google-Thread: 1094ba,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid1094ba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,8775b19e3c68a5dc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,a03ae7f4e53958e1 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public From: moron@Glue.umd.edu (Warren B. Focke) Subject: Re: Philosophers Date: 1998/02/05 Message-ID: <6bco4k$1or@periodic.eng.umd.edu>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 322335387 References: <67et6o$dql@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net> <34C9F3D0.6B5A@erols.com> <6ao78n$52r@mrpibb.eng.umd.edu> <34D120D3.6B18@erols.com> Organization: Project GLUE, University of Maryland, College Park, MD Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.misc,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.cobol,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-02-05T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: The Goobers said: >Warren B. Focke wrote: >> I'll argue that a natural philosopher studies "nature", while a >> scientist seeks truth through the scientific method. > >You realise, of course, this assumes both that there is 'truth' and that >said 'truth' can be found via the scientific method... since Indeed. Loth as I am to continue a subthread that has drifted so far off topic, thank you for catching me in a common error. Truth has nothing to do with it. It's about developing theories that successfully predict experimental results. One might find the truth through such methods, but could never know (through those methods) that one had done so. Warren Focke