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"I have known a few Deists, that is, theists who feel the need for some external purposeful intelligence to explain the cosmos. They admitted that they had no definitive evidence of this and were not dogmatic about it. Such minimal, tentative claims don't leave much, if anything, to dispute and do not conflict with a scientific attitude."
— Nov 08, 2014 01:48PM
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Mats Erdling
is on page 239 of 400
"Not one, not even the greatest 'scientist' evaluates one hundred percent extensionally all of the time. It is the nature of an intensional orientation to involve deep belief that "I've got it!" Therefore, recognizing fallability, and concurrent self-criticism and self-evaluation, seem vital to promote oneself further along the continuum toward greater extensionality."
-- (ch.16, p.235)
— Nov 01, 2014 07:06AM
-- (ch.16, p.235)
Mats Erdling
is on page 220 of 400
"... our partial explanations are not and never will /be/ what they explain -- no matter how much more we learn ..."
— Oct 26, 2014 01:34PM
Mats Erdling
is on page 203 of 400
"Extensional languaging leads to an emphasis on present actualities rather than untestable essences; on using and evaluating what you know, not just collecting information. This change in emphasis, combined with an orientation which encourages silence and contemplation of the "un-speakable", can lead to much improvement in our daily lives."
--Bruce I. Kodish, "Dare To Inquire" (2003), ch.14 (p.201)
— Oct 21, 2014 07:43AM
--Bruce I. Kodish, "Dare To Inquire" (2003), ch.14 (p.201)
