Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'works', 'Experience First (and reply)' and 'Theology and Falsification'

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7 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 3. Contradiction

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Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor lack of contradiction a sign of truth [Pascal]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding

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It is nonsense that understanding does not involve knowledge; to understand, you must know [Dougherty/Rysiew]

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To grasp understanding, we should be more explicit about what needs to be known [Dougherty/Rysiew]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 7. Knowledge First

19541

Rather than knowledge, our epistemic aim may be mere true belief, or else understanding and wisdom [Dougherty/Rysiew]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / b. Religious Meaning

1466	Claims about God don't seem to claim or deny anything tangible, so evidence is irrelevant [Flew, by PG]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / d. Religious Falsification

1465	You can't claim a patch of land is tended by a 'gardener' if there is no evidence, and all counter-evidence is rejected [Flew, by PG]

1467	Religious people seem unwilling to accept any evidence that God does not love us, so their claim is unfalsifiable [Flew, by PG]