Knowledge, belief & agnosticism (Agnosticism)

by George Jelliss , Crewe, Tuesday, March 25, 2008, 17:17 (6085 days ago) @ whitecraw

I regret to say that this discussion seems to have deteriorated into solipsism from clayto and postmodernist waffle from whitecraw. - To say that something "exists" means that it can be detected by the human senses, augmented by scientific instruments (such as telescopes, microscopes and spectrographs) and by the deductive process applied to these evidences. - On this basis we can say that quarks exist, that Julius Caesar existed, that bacterial life existed on earth long before conscious beings evolved. - And a falling tree makes a noise, even if there is no-one there to hear it; what we mean is that it's fall causes sound waves in the air that would be detected by a human ear, were one there to hear it. - I refute you thus! As Dr Johnson nobly demonstrated.