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I’m going to pretend to avoid asking what is a mile and what is 250 and 500 :) I could imagine ways we could interpret “500 miles” the same way as The Proclai
by dambi0 2y ago
I’m going to pretend to avoid asking what is a mile and what is 250 and 500 :)
I could imagine ways we could interpret “500 miles” the same way as The Proclaimers i.e. as a noteworthy or arduous distance, under which that claim “it’s 500 miles from Dallas to Houston” isn’t contextually false.
More interesting is what knowing that things are not the case tells us about what we can know is the case. I don’t think it reveals much, but I’m not sure
- teamonkey 2y agoThis is much of science: taking a hypothesis, understanding where the bounds of that hypothesis lie, then testing the bounds to try to disprove it. Then creating a more accurate hypothesis within the space of what’s left unknown.
- dambi0 2y agoUnfortunately, I missed out a key word “… what knowing that things are not the case tells us about what we can know is [absolutely] the case…” My apologies for this and with the omission I don’t disagree one bit with your reply. On the other hand I can see how we might imagine ways we could scientifically sarisfy ourselves beliefs are not absolute, but I’m not sure how we could satisfy ourselves they are