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At one point, to do science you have to believe in some induction...

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères
by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Mon Dec 31st, 2007 at 08:05:16 AM EST
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Yes, but using induction and BELIEVING in god the son and the holy ghost are more than a little different.  We can of course retreat to cogito ergo sum and stop there, but that doesn't do us much good.  I can't remember how Descarte got us from there to whatever point he finally made (was it proving the existence of God?) but I imagine induction was in the mix.
by Andhakari on Mon Dec 31st, 2007 at 10:08:03 AM EST
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Descartes had to use the "fact" that "God is good" as opposed to a "Great Deceiver" in order to get from Cogito Ergo Sum to an objective basis for any other knowledge.

Which is bollocks.

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by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Jan 1st, 2008 at 06:33:16 PM EST
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I've, after much reading come to the conclusion that only the first couple of meditations are of any worth, the rest of them ammount to a please dont burn me defence.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Jan 1st, 2008 at 06:37:11 PM EST
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