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In a message dated 1/16/05 3:45:09 PM, arturfsilva@yahoo.com writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE CITE STYLE="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px" TYPE="CITE"></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2">Now, in what concerns science, at least in the conceptions of science that I cherish (Popper, Khun, Feyerabend,...) there is no absolute "truth" one can be in contact with - there are only relative truths, that will be bypassed one day. And the work of science (or philosophy, for that matter) is always to try "to dis-confirm" the accepted truths of the moment.<BR>
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Artur--<BR>
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I agree with you on this. But I do see many people taking a current (or past) scientific concept as an article of faith. And as you pointed out, that leads to fruitless arguments.<BR>
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<<What concerns me is when some "truth" is imposed by way of killing or imprisoning all the opponents...>><BR>
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Unfortunately, there seems to be a lot of this going on in the world today . . . and in maybe every time. I wish it were not so.<BR>
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Joelle<BR>
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