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Old 01-02-2008, 06:44 PM
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Logical positivism/verificationism. It died in the '20s. Even sceptic Anthony Flew ditched the theory. Respectable people now laugh at it.
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Rational theory selection accepts induction is fallible hence science accepts the premise that falsification may nullify what was previously accepted as scientific fact. That is the status of any paradigm in science.
Is this statement falsifiable/verifiable? No. More importantly, he has to accept his own starting point "by faith."
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