Louis
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Joined: Jan. 2006
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Reciprocating Bill,
I'd agree with every word of that.
I'm more than happy to concede that there are limits to reason and observation and that one of those limits is the systematic one, i.e. the path of ideas trodden to get to that point if you see what I mean. I think the steam/explosion example you give is a very good one. I don't think we can get pictures of reality that are 100% free from error, assumptions, systematic influences etc. I don't think we can get 100% pictures of reality at all.
This feeds back into (partly at least) what I have said before about seeing the colour purple. I can't know that you and I see the same thing, but I can know about the similarities of responses etc. Like with the explosion example you give, this example shows that there are limits on what can be known by any means. The point about areas of interest is also a good one.
Cheers
Louis
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