EY : One of those interests is the human pursuit of truth, which has strengthened slowly over the generations (for there was not always Science).
You seem to say “Science is the pursuit of truth”.
Science is NOT the pursuit of truth, Science is the pursuit of intersubjective evidence.
Science never proves anything, Science only disproves nonsensical hypotheses and builds plausibility of non disproved hypotheses.
Truth “about reality” is a religious concept, a lethal Platonistic illusion.
Truth has a defined meaning ONLY in analytical philosophy and formalised discourse.
Even in mathematics truth depends on the premises, re the independence of the Continuum Hypothesis from ZF axioms.
Therefore everytime people argue “in the defense of truth” one can be sure that there is an underlying political scam at work and that no consensus can be reached.
EY : One of those interests is the human pursuit of truth, which has strengthened slowly over the generations (for there was not always Science).
You seem to say “Science is the pursuit of truth”. Science is NOT the pursuit of truth, Science is the pursuit of intersubjective evidence. Science never proves anything, Science only disproves nonsensical hypotheses and builds plausibility of non disproved hypotheses. Truth “about reality” is a religious concept, a lethal Platonistic illusion. Truth has a defined meaning ONLY in analytical philosophy and formalised discourse. Even in mathematics truth depends on the premises, re the independence of the Continuum Hypothesis from ZF axioms. Therefore everytime people argue “in the defense of truth” one can be sure that there is an underlying political scam at work and that no consensus can be reached.