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Posted 09/27/09 - 11:23 AM:	#51
MarchHare It's not very useful to make a quote of a single sentence of mine and consequently think that it takes Induction out of the equation. It's more complex than that. You need to read the whole thread, esp. my posts. Have you then considered a single span of time, instance? It seems not. I'm in doubt if you follow my argument at all. For example, what is your position of my example of the Billiard-cue machine and ball A, B? Do you disagree with me? MarchHare wrote: How do you know that nature is lawful? Induction. This is a contradiction. If you keep describing events by induction, there is no lawfulness because you, by induction, don't know when to stop the confirmation in order to draw the line. It's this rejection of lawfulness by induction that strikes me as very wrong. The lawfulness is there, but we seldom meditate over it if ever. Edited by Aetixintro on 09/27/09 - 01:43 PM
Efficacy of "for since it is at present manifest to me that even bodies are not properly known by the senses nor by the faculty of imagination, but by the understanding alone" - Descartes, Meditation II I'm always wanting more, Anything I haven't got, Everything, I want it all, I just can't stop - The Cure, Want

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