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minus-squareParagonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down8·9 hours agoSo is empiricism: it is axiom-based, it is an assumption-river, it holds that contradictory-alternatives are bogus, which they are, etc. _ /\ _
minus-squarecrapwittyname@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoCompletely incorrect. Empiricism does not require faith. And empiricism has no immutable dogma or doctrine. While empiricism can provide the guidance that religion offers, it is not a religion.
minus-squarezero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 hours agoI’m still going to try and avoid a brick thrown at me even if I’m just assuming it’s real. I don’t find questioning it useful.
So is empiricism: it is axiom-based, it is an assumption-river, it holds that contradictory-alternatives are bogus, which they are, etc.
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Completely incorrect. Empiricism does not require faith. And empiricism has no immutable dogma or doctrine. While empiricism can provide the guidance that religion offers, it is not a religion.
I’m still going to try and avoid a brick thrown at me even if I’m just assuming it’s real. I don’t find questioning it useful.