Posted: May 27, 2022 4:17 pm
Or rather, in its consequences.
If X, then Y.
Not Y?
Then not X.
Were our hypothesis/theory held to be correct, whatever follows from that can, through experimentation and direct observation, corroborate or falsify the original contention.
The power, of course, is that while it can completely demolish, once and for all, any falsity, it can never pretend to have presented proof absolute. The door remains open to seek new vistas.
If X, then Y.
Not Y?
Then not X.
Were our hypothesis/theory held to be correct, whatever follows from that can, through experimentation and direct observation, corroborate or falsify the original contention.
The power, of course, is that while it can completely demolish, once and for all, any falsity, it can never pretend to have presented proof absolute. The door remains open to seek new vistas.