Guy Incognito
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You're mistaken. The scientific method doesn't speak to something that is unobservable, so in that way the unobservable is similar to something that doesn't exist. But that doesn't mean that "positivism says that there is no difference." Of course there is a difference, one exists and one doesn't. All positivism says is that we should treat all unobserved phenomena as just that-- unobserved-- until it actually has been observed.
If you can think of a more logical way to deal with unobserved phenomena I am all ears. If you can it will probably earn you a Nobel Prize
Modern science is based on positivism. Positivism says that there is no difference between something that doesn't exist and something that exists and hasn't been observed. So modern science says the extent of our universe is only those things which we observe. This seems illogical to me.
You're mistaken. The scientific method doesn't speak to something that is unobservable, so in that way the unobservable is similar to something that doesn't exist. But that doesn't mean that "positivism says that there is no difference." Of course there is a difference, one exists and one doesn't. All positivism says is that we should treat all unobserved phenomena as just that-- unobserved-- until it actually has been observed.
If you can think of a more logical way to deal with unobserved phenomena I am all ears. If you can it will probably earn you a Nobel Prize
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