mirh t1_iu3nf5w wrote on October 28, 2022 at 9:20 AM

Reply to comment by iiioiia in Logical positivism does not dispense with metaphysics, as it aimed to. It merely proposes a different kind of metaphysics, in which natural sciences take the privileged position once occupied by rationalist metaphysics. by IAI_Admin

... you understand every sentence has to be interpreted, right?

iiioiia t1_iu41es5 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 12:06 PM

I do, yes.

mirh t1_iu41qiu wrote on October 28, 2022 at 12:09 PM

Then I don't know why you think I denied the existence of the words themselves.

iiioiia t1_iu43a17 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 12:23 PM

Because I quoted physical text that contains content that does not require non-common interpretation to illustrate that your claim is incorrect:

> > This was not what they were talking about, why can't you seem to stay on topic? > > > > The issue was people being unable to coexist together for their dear life.

From earlier in the thread:

> >>I am not claiming that all knowledge must have absolute empirical evidence prior to acceptance. That premise would be so inefficient for anyone involved that they would be frozen in a recursive cycle of defining definitions before they can make a single decision.

> Luckily, evolution found a solution: belief.