The assumption that assumptions can't be real is itself an assumption, and thus can't be real...Atla wrote: ↑Thu Jun 29, 2023 3:45 pmYes the assumed referent can be real, just unknowable. You fail at basic logic.Veritas Aequitas wrote: ↑Thu Jun 29, 2023 7:25 am Yes, science does assume a mind-independent referent outside the human mind, but since it is an inherent ASSUMPTION, it can NEVER be real at all [especially in this case].
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I don't. But, according to the "science-FSK", the view that there is a real external world makes a lot more sense than the view that there isn't one.
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So you don't know what you are talking about...
There is an external world, alright. But how do you know it's real?
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You seem to be assuming something about his motivation for the edit. Perhaps he was inspired by a stroke of insight or compulsion. But in any case since you assumed he was correcting error
he could not possibly have been correcting errors.
It's a kind of retroactive causation.
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You seem to be assuming that his experiences follow the same rules as your experiences. Therefore you can both be affected by the same rules.Flannel Jesus wrote: ↑Thu Jun 29, 2023 3:55 pmThe assumption that assumptions can't be real is itself an assumption, and thus can't be real...Atla wrote: ↑Thu Jun 29, 2023 3:45 pmYes the assumed referent can be real, just unknowable. You fail at basic logic.Veritas Aequitas wrote: ↑Thu Jun 29, 2023 7:25 am Yes, science does assume a mind-independent referent outside the human mind, but since it is an inherent ASSUMPTION, it can NEVER be real at all [especially in this case].![]()
We all live in individual bubbles of different metaphysical rules.
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No, I imagine it was a straight forward mistake, like most of us make from time to time. But he takes himself far too seriously to laugh such things off.Iwannaplato wrote: ↑Thu Jun 29, 2023 10:08 pmYou seem to be assuming something about his motivation for the edit.
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Many of the above are strawman[s] to the OP.
I wrote in the OP:
"Here is reference where Science merely assumes the existence of a mind-independent external world, i.e. external objective reality which is unprovable by Science itself'; ..."
Assumptions be can of the following;
As such whatever the thesis in confirmed, it is limited by the assumption, but it is nevertheless possible to be real conditionally.
But in the case of Science, esp. Newtonian and Einsteinian Physics, science assumes
the existence of a mind-independent external world.
Science itself admit this external objective reality is unprovable by science, so, it has to be assumed. [note unprovable to be emphasized]
Philosophical realists insist, while it is unprovable by science and unknowable by science, this assumed mind-independent external world is nevertheless REAL!
The point is
'what is REAL' is conditioned to a human-based FSR-FSK of which the human scientific FSR-FSK enable the most-realistic* emergence and realization of reality.
"What is real" on a FSR-FSK basis comes degrees depending on the credibility, reliability and objectivity of the specific FRR-FSK. e.g. the scientific-FSK @ 99/100 [most real]; the p-realist FSK @ 10/100, the theistic FSK @ .1/100.
thus what is most real CANNOT be CANNOT be mind-independent.
Philosophical realism claims that reality and things are mind-independent.
Therefore philosophical realist is not realistic [most real].
Philosophical realists insist, while the assumed mind-independent external world even if unprovable by science and unknowable by science, this assumed mind-independent external world is nevertheless REAL!
On the contrary, as demonstrated above, the assumed mind-independent external world even if unprovable by science and unknowable by science, CANNOT and is impossible to be REAL [most FSK-ed real].
I wrote in the OP:
"Here is reference where Science merely assumes the existence of a mind-independent external world, i.e. external objective reality which is unprovable by Science itself'; ..."
Assumptions be can of the following;
- 1. Proven scientific facts
2. Provable scientific facts - empirically possible
3. Unprovable by science
4. Fictions
5. Contradictions
6. Whatever that can be thought
As such whatever the thesis in confirmed, it is limited by the assumption, but it is nevertheless possible to be real conditionally.
But in the case of Science, esp. Newtonian and Einsteinian Physics, science assumes
the existence of a mind-independent external world.
Science itself admit this external objective reality is unprovable by science, so, it has to be assumed. [note unprovable to be emphasized]
Philosophical realists insist, while it is unprovable by science and unknowable by science, this assumed mind-independent external world is nevertheless REAL!
The point is
'what is REAL' is conditioned to a human-based FSR-FSK of which the human scientific FSR-FSK enable the most-realistic* emergence and realization of reality.
"What is real" on a FSR-FSK basis comes degrees depending on the credibility, reliability and objectivity of the specific FRR-FSK. e.g. the scientific-FSK @ 99/100 [most real]; the p-realist FSK @ 10/100, the theistic FSK @ .1/100.
- 1. what is most real via FSR-FSK is human-based,
2. Human-based involved humans, body, brain and mind
it follows deductively,
3. what is most real is conditioned upon humans, body, brain and mind
thus what is most real CANNOT be CANNOT be mind-independent.
Philosophical realism claims that reality and things are mind-independent.
Therefore philosophical realist is not realistic [most real].
Philosophical realists insist, while the assumed mind-independent external world even if unprovable by science and unknowable by science, this assumed mind-independent external world is nevertheless REAL!
On the contrary, as demonstrated above, the assumed mind-independent external world even if unprovable by science and unknowable by science, CANNOT and is impossible to be REAL [most FSK-ed real].
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Some p-realists do, some don't. How dense can someone get? Any p-realist with more than 2 braincells will know that humans can't have absolute certainty.Veritas Aequitas wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 5:00 am Philosophical realists insist, while the assumed mind-independent external world even if unprovable by science and unknowable by science, this assumed mind-independent external world is nevertheless REAL!
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I know exactly what I am talking about. I am talking about the exact same external world you are talking about.
You said it's "real". How do you know?
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You've just repeated your argument again, what makes you think it would be more compelling the second time than it was the first time?Veritas Aequitas wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 5:00 am
On the contrary, as demonstrated above, the assumed mind-independent external world even if unprovable by science and unknowable by science, CANNOT and is impossible to be REAL [most FSK-ed real].
And it's a huge logical leap to go from "science cannot prove it" to "it's impossible to be real". It's a big leap to go from "it's an assumption" to "it's impossible to be real". These absurd leaps on logic are why your op is getting roasted.
Rather than repeat the arguments with the exact same words, try saying something new.
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And I would add. See, if there are, perhaps, some missing steps in the argument. Then fill those in.Flannel Jesus wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 7:21 am Rather than repeat the arguments with the exact same words, try saying something new.
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That probably does not follow deductively, although given the ratio of meaningful content to gibberish it's hard to say for certain.Veritas Aequitas wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 5:00 am
- 1. what is most real via FSR-FSK is human-based,
2. Human-based involved humans, body, brain and mind
it follows deductively,
3. what is most real is conditioned upon humans, body, brain and mind