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Author Topic:   Dissecting the Evolutionist Approach to Explanation and Persuation
mike the wiz
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Message 110 of 255 (293459)
03-08-2006 7:11 PM
Reply to: Message 108 by NosyNed
03-08-2006 6:45 PM


Ned is bivalence-free
Ofcourse, you're not obliged to to say true or false, if the circumstances render you as a valid exception to bivalence.
What matters, is that by tentative means, you don't have to observe bivalence, as it is unknown. As you say, what matters is that it is the best theory, by far. That's all that's being claimed. No scientist ever claimed that evolution is absolutely true anyway.
link writes:
However, some philosophers wish to claim that P is neither true nor false today, since the matter has not been decided yet. So, they would say that the principle of bivalence does not hold in such a case: P is neither true nor false.
Since you lack knowledge at this time, you are genuinely an exception to the law, as far as I know. (i respect yuor approach because it's honest, which is why I came over to the dark side )
SOURCE: Principle of bivalence - Wikipedia
For readers: Law
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