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To: cgbg

I’ve never heard of any proposed scientific experiment seeking to support any particular philosophy of science. I’d be curious to see such a proposal. Even the scientific method is rooted in philosophy and cannot be (as far as I know) proven with an empirical method. I think attempting to empirically prove the scientific method would be a form of circular reasoning.


60 posted on 06/22/2025 7:16:31 PM PDT by unlearner (Still not tired of winning.)
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To: unlearner

The 100 monkeys example I gave should have removed any confusion.

It tests a proposed philosophical paradigm.

It does not question whether the scientific method is valid—in fact the way to do the test is to use the scientific method.


61 posted on 06/22/2025 8:44:52 PM PDT by cgbg (It was not us. It was them--all along.)
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