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Re: All arguments are about definition, not truth

In my view, facts are observable and truth is a cognitive construct. To me, true and false, right and wrong are oversimplifications which serve a purpose in formal dualistic methods like mathematics or Aristotelian logic. Just as Newtonian physics is a good approximation for most cases so is boolean logic.

In science, all cognitive constructs are indeterminate: From phenomena, we form falsifiable hypotheses which we test to form theories about the phenomena.


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