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Mechanistic fallibility
I've often seen fallibilism discussed with reference to the Münchhausen trilemma and the problem of scientific induction. There is a simpler and more encompassing model of fallibilism that I might ...
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How can materialists make claims?
I dont have all the modern philosophical terms down, but I cannot see how materialists/physicalists can make any claims. If there is nothing but physical universe, then there is no “truth”. Actually ...
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Is there a reason to know? [closed]
I am going to talk about the necessity of the reason to know by talking about the nature of spacetime, and therefore, of our nature. I'm not sure whether this is specific enough for StackExchange, but ...
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Should we think twice about dualism?
With the rise of Materialism and Physicalism a dualistic ontology has fallen out of favor. The successes of Science makes makes us comfortable to deny any entity beyond the "Observable Universe". ...
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What unique ideas does speculative realism present?
Speculative realism seems to be based primarily on opposing the Kantian philosophy of correlationism - I quote Meillassoux:
Correlationism consists in disqualifying the claim that it is possible to ...
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