Re: OT (sets and stuff)

> That's not empiricism.

I probably misunderstand and misused the word empiricism. According to wiki, In the philosophy of science, empiricism is a theory of knowledge which emphasizes those aspects of scientific knowledge that are closely related to experience, specially as formed through deliberate experimental arrangements. It is a fundamental requirement of scientific method that all hypotheses and theories must be tested against observations of the natural world, rather than resting solely on a priori reasoning, intuition, or revelation. Hence, science is considered to be methodologically empirical in nature."

I think you are saying I can't question the validity of a set theory's definition of a construct such as {{}}.

I am saying I can question the validity of such definitions, if it can't be verified against observations in the real world, leads to exceptions, contradictions, ambiguities, unsystematicness, etc. Received on Tue Feb 06 2007 - 12:40:15 CST