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So if the president says "The sun won't rise tomorrow", we can't reject that statement out of hand?

• 2019-nCoV 6y ago
  You'd be wise too, but you wouldn't be rejecting it empirically.
  • nkozyra 6y ago
    "Empirical" does not mean exclusively present observation. It includes reacting to observed patterns a priori, for example.
    • jmoss20 6y ago
      ...observed patterns a priori?
      • nkozyra 6y ago
        As in a priori observations can instruct an empirical conclusion.
        • 2019-nCoV 6y ago
          Only ex post...