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- From: Chris.Holt@newcastle.ac.uk (Chris Holt)
- Newsgroups: sci.philosophy.tech
- Subject: Re: Philosophy before science ? (was : Seman
- Message-ID: <C0LoFD.Myt@newcastle.ac.uk>
- Date: 9 Jan 93 18:52:25 GMT
- References: <102936.2005.14241@kcbbs.gen.nz> <C0FssI.DtF@unx.sas.com> <schiller.726394556@hpas5>
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- schiller@prl.philips.nl (schiller c) writes:
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- >To dismiss an argument because it is "simplistic" is a
- >typical example of, well, ... arrgogance !
- >A statement is either true or false, but "simplistic" is not
- >evidence for false.
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- Some of us think that requiring a statement to be either true or
- false is, well, a bit simplistic. :-)
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