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Dennis Hackethal addressed criticism #3515.
#3515·Erik Orrje, 3 days agoCool, would you say then that it is only in empirical fields we can deduce facts/truth?
If so: In what way is this different from Wittgenstein saying we can't reach any truths in philosophy (which makes it meaningless)?
Ah, I see what you mean.
Cool, would you say then that it is only in empirical fields we can deduce facts/truth?
No, we can deduce truth from theories in any field.
I’d only call something a ‘fact’ in an empirical field. Like, I wouldn’t call a philosophical truth a ‘fact’.
It is a fact that I had sweet potatoes for lunch today. It’s true that children shouldn’t be forced to go to school.
But that might be more of a quibble about words than an important epistemological distinction.