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To: TroutStalker
Science's Big Query: What Can We Know, and What Can't We?

This is the territory of philosophy, not natural science.

14 posted on 05/30/2003 11:04:57 AM PDT by Aquinasfan
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To: Aquinasfan
This is the territory of philosophy, not natural science.

Not always. The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle and black hole "no-hair" theorems come immediately to mind. Even the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics implies hard scientific limits on knowledge (i.e. the impossibility proofs of Maxwell's Daemon).

17 posted on 05/30/2003 11:20:30 AM PDT by Physicist
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To: Aquinasfan
This is the territory of philosophy, not natural science.

Why do scientists earn a PhD, Doctor of Philosophy? One would think there is some philosophy involved along the way.

18 posted on 05/30/2003 11:24:36 AM PDT by RightWhale (gazing at shadows)
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