Human Consciousness: stimuli, analog to digital (Humans)

by dhw, Friday, September 16, 2016, 13:54 (2989 days ago) @ David Turell

According to your famous philosopher, empiricists “understand science as investigating the properties of observable objects via experiments. Empirical theories are constrained by experimental results.” You say you regard yourself as an empiricist.-DAVID: My conclusions follow Adler. IMHO all the experimental evidence points to God.-dhw: You can follow whoever you like, but I still don't see how the above conclusions can possibly be tested by experiments.-DAVID: They can't. At some point it is faith from the evidence we have.-If your conclusions cannot be based on experiments, how can you claim that they are based on experimental evidence? Your faith is the result of your speculations about the possible shape of the unobservable world, and you have designed an explanation that cannot be tested. According to the famous philosopher, you are a “realist”, not an empiricist. It really doesn't matter two hoots, except that you follow exactly the same path as atheist scientists who also claim that their beliefs are based on the scientific evidence. The basic line of thought seems to be: “I believe/do not believe in God. I am a scientist. Therefore science supports my belief/non-belief.” You all see the same material and you draw your different conclusions, and these conclusions are speculative theories.