Originally Posted by Mr Mephisto

This simply sounds like a rehash of Logical Positivism, as promulgated by the so-called Vienna Circle in the early parts of the 20th century. Karl Popper, despite his self-agrandising crooning, did indeed debunk this entire idea and introduced perhaps the most important philosophical advance in the philosophy of science with his theory of Falsificationism.

So, before we descend into some rather esoteric debates on the nature of truth, proof and first principles, I would suggest we avoid rhetorical statements such as these and proceed based on generally accepted a priori statements.


Mr Mephisto