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Humanity Hopping
There is a new study about babies and morality and knowing good from not good. Ah indeed. Yes, babies have been shown to have values even in the preverbal stage, but these have no basis in knowledge according to the empirical standard. So do dogs, and monkeys. They tested the behavior of monkeys to unequal…
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Self-Belief Through Motivational Jewelry by David Weitzman
Fear is one of the basic instincts in humans and it often stops people from reaching their full potential. To lead a happy, successful and content life, one has to overcome all sorts of fears and realize one’s own inner strengths. Nothing can motivate and empower you like recognizing your true identity and discovering your…
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Delete Belief?
The world of the subjective hasn’t gone away. If empiricism was the genuine truth and full basis of knowledge, then why hasn’t the subjective gone by the wayside? There are those who try for that. What are they like? According to the behaviorists, your feelings and behavior are just mechanisms of your brain, and there…
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Progress
In order to compete with religion for the favor of the powers that be, empiricism had to promise a vision of the future more attractive than what religion offered. So we have “progress.” Or just plain out tell the natives they were wrong. Indeed, it did win the lion’s share of influence over time. Are…
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Process Leading to Empiricism
Shall we begin the critique? I had a hard time keeping away from it. We see in the history of empiricism the same human drama that played out in previous religious conflicts, the notion that a greater ideal or noble truth is being neglected or even profaned by the attitude or disposition of those who…
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Branch of Epistemology
The principles guiding pursuit of empirical knowledge are themselves not truly empirical. There has to be a subjective handle put on all this objective knowledge. They have to guide the behavior of researchers to preserve the veridical integrity (truthfulness). You can have a big pile of facts and data, and still wonder what it means. And…
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Okay to Live
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright What I’m Hanging Hope On Today: Being realistic isn’t realistic. Living up to people’s expectations very often means keeping our head down. Analytic thinking comes cheap. It’s the only way anyone can…
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Experimentation for Knowledge
Today we are talking about the metaphysics of empiricism. I tend to range rather far afield in classes, so I will try to remain more on topic. Empiricism is a theory of knowledge that holds that knowledge (either exclusively or primarily) comes from sensory experience, and that discovery is accomplished through experimentation. Thus the term…
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In the age of naming, all facets of the name were understood. The speaking brought the essence to form.
This also seems descriptive for a type 3 indigo. I do have many of these traits that alternate but know…