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- From: lippard@skyblu.ccit.arizona.edu (James J. Lippard)
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- Subject: Re: THE MIND OF THE BIBLE BELIEVER
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- Date: 26 Jan 93 04:06:00 GMT
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- In article <1k182mINN3d1@dmsoproto.ida.org>, rlg@omni (Randy garrett) writes...
- >I agree that I am using the word differently, but I guess you
- >need to say what kind of scientist. I'm a physicist, so we
- >tend to define terms more precisely. I'll stick by my definition
- >of a fact. Facts and theories are two quite different things.
- >See my related post on this thread.
-
- I should have also asked this in my previous article, but oh well.
- Do you think there are such things as historical facts? Is it a
- fact that Napoleon or Jesus existed? How does this accord with
- your "must be individually observable" criterion of a fact, since no
- one living today has observed either Napoleon or Jesus?
-
- Jim Lippard Lippard@CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU
- Dept. of Philosophy Lippard@ARIZVMS.BITNET
- University of Arizona
- Tucson, AZ 85721
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