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Posted by Bruce on July 31, 2003 02:14:00 UTC

Why did positivism bite the dust in the 60's? Hawking takes a positivist view and I think I'm probably a positivist also. Though it seems one shouldn't always have to approach things from the same philosophical position. For instance wrt Hawking:

The Universe in a Nutshell page 31:
"If one takes a positivist position, as I do, one cannot say what time actually is. All one can do is describe what has been found to be a very good mathematical model for time and say what predictions it makes."

He does this several times throughout the narrative.

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positivism comes and goes - sillyuniverse - July 31, 2003 - 02:14 UTC
- How is Omar being positivistic? - yanniru - July 31, 2003 - 11:55 UTC
  - How about a trade on this one? - sillyuniverse - July 31, 2003 - 18:05 UTC
    - I like your frost heave analogy - yanniru - August 1, 2003 - 02:03 UTC
      - you have stated I am outclassed here, not a scientist, etc. - sillyuniverse - August 1, 2003 - 02:20 UTC
        
        Omar believed in science - yanniru - August 1, 2003 - 11:30 UTC
        
        I believe the dictionary's definitions ahead of Yanniru's - sillyuniverse - August 1, 2003 - 16:12 UTC
        
        Almost everything Ruquist said in that article was false - sillyuniverse - August 1, 2003 - 16:15 UTC
        
        More slander and lies from Mike Pearson - yanniru - August 1, 2003 - 16:45 UTC
        
        Mike Pearson told the truth; Ruquist did not - quiet - August 1, 2003 - 16:47 UTC
Positivism - harvey1 - July 31, 2003 - 11:31 UTC
Positivism and Hope - mlevine - July 31, 2003 - 14:38 UTC
- Back to truth conditions? - harvey1 - July 31, 2003 - 15:08 UTC
  - I'm confused - mlevine - July 31, 2003 - 16:09 UTC
    - Let me explain - harvey1 - August 1, 2003 - 03:13 UTC
      - Great debate- keep it going - yanniru - August 1, 2003 - 11:42 UTC
      - I'm even more confused - mlevine - August 1, 2003 - 14:33 UTC
        
        Then let me find the cause to your confusion - harvey1 - August 1, 2003 - 16:22 UTC
        
        The source of my confusion - mlevine - August 1, 2003 - 19:23 UTC
        
        Language and truth - harvey1 - August 1, 2003 - 21:04 UTC
        
        Correction - harvey1 - August 1, 2003 - 21:06 UTC
        
        Auf wiedersehen - mlevine - August 5, 2003 - 13:17 UTC
        
        Not exactly - harvey1 - August 5, 2003 - 14:48 UTC

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