@hue-man,
hue-man;42603 wrote: ...nor does [QM] show that empiricism is a fallacy; in fact, quite the opposite. The only reason we know anything about quantum physics is because of the empirical method.
Oh no, no, no!!
Some food for contemplation;
A Rational Cosmology: The Errors of Empiricism-Positivism
Excerpt;
"Very mildly put, empiricism-positivism holds, as its fundamental tenet, that any assertion, no matter how general, depends on some particular observation. The empiricist-positivist will claim that one cannot make any conclusions about space or time without first studying advanced quantum mechanics. He will claim that one cannot make any generalizations about human nature independent of the
historical context of any given time period. [moment -
n]
As a corollary to this inseparable attachment of empiricism-positivism to some specific observations, this doctrine holds that man cannot be certain about anything, since, because all conclusions depend on specific observations, some future observation always has the chance of refuting one's present appraisal of anything whatsoever!"
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Another source of food for thought can be found here;
PRAXEOLOGY AND CERTAINTY
OF KNOWLEDGE.
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And here;
A Refutation of Empiricism and Conventionalism Altogether - Demonstrated following a Heideggerian Inquiry into the Split between Knower and Known
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Ultimately, the death of the notion of the 'universality' of 'empiricism' is the discovery, by QM, of Consciousness and the double-slit data.
And the 'discrete quantum' nature of all (unique) 'moments' (universes), and their synchronicity.
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QM has also refuted all the structural foundational support for logic.
Not only does 'A'='A', but;
'A' also does not = 'A'
'A' also sometimes = 'A'
'A' also can be in two places (and 'states') at the same 'time'.
And it depends on the observer and the moment of observation. It is not possible to have the same context from moment to moment. So, 'repeatability' is a fallacious notion (other than a Perspectivally local phenomenon). As is that the same results are to be expected from different contextx and different Perspectives.
'Empiricism' works at a local 'macro' level, a locally pragmatic level, for some. But it remains, untimately, based on a (religious type of) 'belief'.
The double slit data refutes all 'universal claims' of 'A', and those assumptions that we hold so dear and makes us 'feel' so stable and warm about our 'perceptions' (naive realism).
'Classical science' (all branches) must either download the latest 'critical update' offered by the revelations of QM, or fade rapidly into obsolescence!
It's a new world!
