Comments on: Does ‘evidence’ produce belief? http://lukehoughton.com/2007/10/24/does-evidence-produce-belief/ Reframing life by reframing life Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:16:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Luke Houghton http://lukehoughton.com/2007/10/24/does-evidence-produce-belief/comment-page-1/#comment-1919 Luke Houghton Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:24:23 +0000 http://lukehoughton.com/2007/10/24/does-evidence-produce-belief/#comment-1919 Hi Will, Thanks for the comment. I respectfully disagree however about your comments about the scientific method. Mainly because of my own Critical Realist leanings... which I am not entirely sold on. I certainly don't have that much faith in the scientific method, despite all the good it has brought humanity. By the way I wrote the article (hence the domain name). Luke Hi Will,

Thanks for the comment. I respectfully disagree however about your comments about the scientific method. Mainly because of my own Critical Realist leanings… which I am not entirely sold on. I certainly don’t have that much faith in the scientific method, despite all the good it has brought humanity.

By the way I wrote the article (hence the domain name).

Luke

]]> By: Will http://lukehoughton.com/2007/10/24/does-evidence-produce-belief/comment-page-1/#comment-1918 Will Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:09:20 +0000 http://lukehoughton.com/2007/10/24/does-evidence-produce-belief/#comment-1918 whoever wrote this article needs some vocabulary work and a good english class. The word "spurn" when it's likely that what was meant was "spur" for example. The article makes some valid points but when talking about the scientific method it goes too far. The scientific method only relies on our faith in our sense knowledge and only that to the level of repeatablility of the experiment in question. belief beyond that is not required for "evidence". Essence does not precede existence. whoever wrote this article needs some vocabulary work and a good english class. The word “spurn” when it’s likely that what was meant was “spur” for example. The article makes some valid points but when talking about the scientific method it goes too far. The scientific method only relies on our faith in our sense knowledge and only that to the level of repeatablility of the experiment in question. belief beyond that is not required for “evidence”. Essence does not precede existence.

]]> By: Luke Houghton http://lukehoughton.com/2007/10/24/does-evidence-produce-belief/comment-page-1/#comment-139 Luke Houghton Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:36:19 +0000 http://lukehoughton.com/2007/10/24/does-evidence-produce-belief/#comment-139 Yes I should have said that in my article. An early paper by Gilbert actually cites the difference between Spinoza and Descartes. Thanks, Luke. Yes I should have said that in my article. An early paper by Gilbert actually cites the difference between Spinoza and Descartes. Thanks, Luke.

]]> By: Leisureguy http://lukehoughton.com/2007/10/24/does-evidence-produce-belief/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Leisureguy Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:17:54 +0000 http://lukehoughton.com/2007/10/24/does-evidence-produce-belief/#comment-138 I would say that it was Spinoza who gave us the idea that belief precedes analysis and confirmation or rejection. Gilbert did experiments to determine whether Spinoza was right---and he was. I would say that it was Spinoza who gave us the idea that belief precedes analysis and confirmation or rejection. Gilbert did experiments to determine whether Spinoza was right—and he was.

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