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This Is Not Exactly Kant's Argument

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Posted by Harvey on October 31, 2001 16:18:48 UTC

Kant held that we have a priori and synthetic knowledge of the world. Dick is questioning whether we have any knowledge of the world which is preposterous.

Warm regards, Harv

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Clarification - harvey1 - October 31, 2001 - 17:41 UTC
Actualy Harv, Dick may well be on to something... - smartguy - October 31, 2001 - 22:01 UTC
- Think it through - harvey1 - October 31, 2001 - 23:33 UTC
- Dick is on to something- but not questioning deeper? - dolphin - November 1, 2001 - 04:34 UTC
  - You dismiss Godel by saying something idiotic. - yanniru - November 1, 2001 - 15:03 UTC
  - HA! Gotcha here dolphin... - smartguy - November 1, 2001 - 17:40 UTC
    - My mistake, Smartguy - dolphin - November 4, 2001 - 04:56 UTC
  - Alan, our knowledge comes NOT via our senses. - alexander - November 1, 2001 - 19:09 UTC
    - ? - aximili - November 2, 2001 - 04:39 UTC
      - To Elfangor: you should laugh on god(s), of course. - alexander - November 2, 2001 - 15:41 UTC
        
        You're not consistent - aximili - November 5, 2001 - 07:24 UTC
        
        Like what, for example? - alexander - November 5, 2001 - 08:20 UTC
        
        Alexander is a great Greek name - yanniru - November 5, 2001 - 15:13 UTC
        
        I would be glad to, but many people here are too hostile. - alexander - November 5, 2001 - 18:42 UTC
        
        OK with me - yanniru - November 6, 2001 - 14:48 UTC
    - Just a minute............. - dolphin - November 2, 2001 - 08:55 UTC
      - Incompleteness theorem - yanniru - November 2, 2001 - 14:51 UTC
        
        Godel puzzle - dolphin - November 4, 2001 - 05:05 UTC
      - Alan: your philosophy of "patterns" is incorrect. - alexander - November 2, 2001 - 16:03 UTC
- Mark,this is WAY incorrect(about laws being obscured by senses) - alexander - November 1, 2001 - 15:06 UTC
- Philosophy (ideas) versus science (facts) - thom_cl - November 1, 2001 - 15:41 UTC
  - Not so simple - harvey1 - November 1, 2001 - 16:06 UTC
    - It is simple, as long as you don't think it isn't - thom_cl - November 1, 2001 - 16:54 UTC
      - Philosopher, physicist and mathematician - alexander - November 1, 2001 - 18:34 UTC
        
        LOL (nt) - thom_cl - November 1, 2001 - 20:08 UTC
        
        "Dr. Science" - luis_hamburgh - November 2, 2001 - 00:46 UTC
      - re: the philosophical myth - harvey1 - November 1, 2001 - 20:12 UTC
        
        Philosophy discovers new territory, science explores frontier.. - smartguy - November 1, 2001 - 21:13 UTC
        
        Yes and no - harvey1 - November 1, 2001 - 21:28 UTC
        
        This is called logic (finding holes), not philosophy. - alexander - November 1, 2001 - 22:51 UTC
        
        Not superior just different - harvey1 - November 1, 2001 - 23:30 UTC
        
        Well said Harv. - smartguy - November 1, 2001 - 23:41 UTC
        
        hello - bladesinger - November 2, 2001 - 02:39 UTC
        
        Cool, light speed maybe not constant? - dolphin - November 2, 2001 - 10:46 UTC
        
        Pattern matching must be mathematical - yanniru - November 2, 2001 - 15:06 UTC
        
        Enlighten yourself - thom_cl - November 2, 2001 - 16:16 UTC
        
        Speed of gamma rays in media is less than c. - alexander - November 2, 2001 - 16:51 UTC
        
        There should be a difference in terminology... - smartguy - November 2, 2001 - 18:15 UTC
        
        Alex, actualy the answer is YES... - smartguy - November 1, 2001 - 23:36 UTC
        
        By the way, how does dog do this? - alexander - November 2, 2001 - 00:55 UTC
        
        Pattern matching - yanniru - November 2, 2001 - 15:17 UTC
        
        I asked not WHAT but HOW animals (including humans) do that? - alexander - November 2, 2001 - 16:18 UTC
        
        May be, brain memorizes experience? - alexander - November 5, 2001 - 20:23 UTC
        
        Without epistemology we get dinosaurs... - luis_hamburgh - November 2, 2001 - 22:22 UTC
        
        Santa clauses around every corner. - alexander - November 5, 2001 - 18:04 UTC
  - RE: Philosophy (ideas) Vs Science (facts), Harv is correct... - luis_hamburgh - November 2, 2001 - 00:37 UTC
- Sorry to interrupt! - doctordick - November 1, 2001 - 16:10 UTC
  - We know senses well, do we? - alexander - November 1, 2001 - 16:36 UTC
    - You know a lot more than I do! - doctordick - November 1, 2001 - 17:06 UTC
      - Are you questioning natural laws? - alexander - November 1, 2001 - 18:41 UTC
  - Mark, in response to Dick's response - harvey1 - November 1, 2001 - 17:10 UTC
    - Oh damm, defeated again!!! (nt) - doctordick - November 1, 2001 - 22:09 UTC
      - You mean, double drat - don't you? (*smile*) - harvey1 - November 1, 2001 - 23:51 UTC
      - Dare to be even more skeptical! - dolphin - November 2, 2001 - 10:57 UTC
        
        Unsymmetric set of numbers - yanniru - November 2, 2001 - 15:27 UTC

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