Posted: Jan 05, 2014 3:11 am
Calilasseia wrote:Well scientists don't just make up maps for the fun of it. They do so with the intention of testing whether those maps do indeed bear some correspondence to observation, and discard the maps that don't.
Indeed. I was simply pointing out that imagination [of itself] is not bad, but only part of the process of gaining knowledge. Imagination by itself [with no attempt at confirmation] is pointless. That imagination alone can bring solutions is the mental masterbation that Anselm was trying to sell.
