Science, Empiricism, Theism - Interviewed by Digital Gnosis, part 1

[miguelespejel]

The empirical adequacy of a theory is a means to a further end -testing hypotheses and evaluating their degree of approximate truth-, it is not the end in itself (that is in any case, in technology, but: sciences ≠ technologies). Furthermore, it is not the only means of evaluating theories. Indeed, there are conceptual evaluative procedures such as studying the internal or external consistency of an idea, etc.Radical empiricism is far outdated. Holding it is close to pseudo-philosophy and religion.

[GottfriedLeibnizYT]

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At this point, it all depends on how you define "approximate truth" and what even "truth" is.

[eternalbyzantium]

Would you do a video on free will vs determinism?

[hahahalol-hfgb]

hey what's the 'radical empiricist' approach to metaphysics? just say no? I've heard people try to argue for a kind of idealism on the basis of empiricism.
also I'm hearing a lot these days about simulated universe, and then people try to make traditional biv arguments from that, what do you think?

[miguelespejel]

If we have two empirically adequate theories, their conjunction can be understood as something unacceptable because it is contradictory. Putting together the physics of Newton and Einstein we get contradictions

[veracruz]

You should have another chat together about friends with benefits

[suddenuprising]

Wait, what happened to the neck-beard?