Theos-Talk Archives (June 2000 Message tt00071)

Dear Govert:

I did not write "But these arenīt really proffs ..." and the following.  Todd wrote
that.


> GOVERT:: It's certainly not all facts and
> evidence, as Aryel claims for his position.
>

Bytheway, I think that FACTS and EVIDENCE, as Aryel desires, are inevitably under
the own preconceptions, except in the sciences of no-world (I mean, the sciences of
pure construccions, like mathematics and logic).

And, we must remember, this is a "fact" known since many decades in philosophy of
social sciences (Heidegger and Hermeneutics).  Ingenuous positivism (like Comteīs
vision of social sciences) has been abandoned since much years, and it is necessary
that we remember this, when we have discussions about facts, because I feel that the
continuous claim for facts and evidence in this list, may be misunderstood, and may
be an indication that we are beeing enough pretentious and proud to think that we
have inevitably the truth.

Facts have their place in discussions.  But they may be interpreted in different
manners.  In a discussion, knowing that, we must have proofs of relevant facts, AND
rational argumentations about how we interprete the facts.

DAVID C.


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