Posted: Jun 15, 2011 6:26 pm
by Hugin
Mr.Samsa wrote:For example, I'm not sure how a field like the philosophy of mind could become scientific - what tests could or would we run to falsify dualism or to support materialism, etc?


With increased knowledge, one of them will undoubtly look more likely than the other. Just as atomism turned up to be more likely than Aristotle's elements.