tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post2334503565650800691..comments2024-03-28T17:08:15.784-07:00Comments on Social Democracy for the 21st Century: A Realist Alternative to the Modern Left: Why Mises’s Praxeological Theories are not Necessarily True of the Real WorldLord Keyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-39387599650059956932014-03-21T00:43:28.707-07:002014-03-21T00:43:28.707-07:00No, hank, your understanding of philosophy and phi...No, hank, your understanding of philosophy and philosophy of science is poor:<br /><br />(1) Hume explained cause and effect as constant conjunction, but that does not mean that science cannot study case and effect interpreted as constant conjunction.<br /><br />(2) <i>"Its a safe assumption to say that other humans posses a consciousness, outside of yourself. "</i><br /><br />Based on what kind of argument? You need an argument to justify this opinion, not a lazy "assumption" that it is juts true.Lord Keyneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-33934133783125165422014-03-20T21:55:59.607-07:002014-03-20T21:55:59.607-07:00No one has yet satisfactorily answered Hume's ...No one has yet satisfactorily answered Hume's skeptical treatment of cause and effect, yet science still uses the notions of cause and effect.<br /><br />This is why (1) is unwarranted. You may engage in this radical skepticism if you like, but its puerile. Its a safe assumption to say that other humans posses a consciousness, outside of yourself. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com