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> it's an unfalsifable claim, so it should be ignored in a context of formal logic The claim might be unfalsifiable, but the question is still valid. Basically
by ars 4y ago
> it's an unfalsifable claim, so it should be ignored in a context of formal logic
The claim might be unfalsifiable, but the question is still valid. Basically you are required to answer the question. If you answer "I can't know" your answer is also unfalsifiable, and no better than theirs.
i.e. your position on this matter is not superior to theirs.
- torben-friis 4y agoAdmittance of ignorance is undoubtedly better than a lie, in general.
- mensetmanusman 4y agoIt’s impossible to say whether it is a lie, because of incompleteness.
- NateEag 4y agoLet's try the more charitable "unjustified certitude" instead of "lie".
- ars 4y agoI wrote "I can't know", not "I don't know". This is a question about the limits on knowledge, not about someone's personal knowledge.