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How can we prove that the supernatural or paranormal doesn't exist? I find this to be value added because the debate about knowledge and truth has been going on for a long time, and those particular word choices have a great corpus of content to work with. Regarding assumptions, note that it is a very common exercise to discard specific assumptions when building models and then seeing what if anything the resulting model will correctly predict. For instance, if A is larger than B, and B is larger than C, then A is larger than C.. That is, symbol in symbol generating abstraction is not a place marker which refers to some thing, as in the ordinary sense of symbol of our day such as a stop sign; rather it is the logical, conceptual, and thus quasi-ontological correlate of what it refers to, namely the conceptual content of the concept of number i.e. In order to make sense of the notion of a symbol-generating abstraction, we need to go to the modern concept of number. We dont have the ability to detect unseen realities. But to what extent are they attainable? When we get a result that is incompatible with some theory, that is a problem for the theory and has to be addressed either by discarding the theory or by pointing out a problem with the experiment. Science is the theory of the real. Things become aggregates of calculable mass located on the grid of space-time, at the necessity of forces which are partly discernible and with various predictable jumps across the grid that we recognize as outcomes, values or results. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); CT 1: Introduction to Theory of Knowledge: Knowledge and the Knower, https://anchor.fm/john-rick-butler/episodes/Introduction-to-Theory-of-Knowledge-An-Alternative-Approach-er4qvq, https://anchor.fm/john-rick-butler/episodes/CT-1-Basic-Concepts-equfll, CT 1: Knowledge and the Knower: Historical Background, CT 1 Knowledge and the Knower: Empowerment, CT 1: Knowledge and Reason as Empowering and Empowerment, CT: The Exhibition: A Glossary of Prompts, The Assault on Truth: Real Life Situations (RLS)Observations, OT 4: Knowledge and Religion: Introduction, OT 4: Knowledge and Religion: Dewey and Education, OT 4: Knowledge and Religion: Christianity: Thoughts on the Lords Prayer, The Natural Sciences as an Area of Knowledge, The Natural Sciences: Historical Background, Notes on Ancient Greek Philosophy and Modern Science, Darwin and Nietzsche: Part II: The Essence of Truth as Representation, Darwin and Nietzsche: Part 3: Truth as Correctness: Its Relation to Values, Darwin and Nietzsche Part IV: Metaphysics as Logic: The Grounds of the Principle of Reason. Materials provided by Elsevier. Unlike the chance of interfering religious ideology, scientists and mathematics generally steer from involving ethics or religion into their work. The authors caution that only clear criteria should be used to determine death from a distance or by laypersons who are not medically trained. First intentions refer to our first order of questioning i.e.