fact - theory
Posted by cougar on Dec 11, 2002 at 09:32
(63.228.196.140)Re: Correction... (Sparrow)
You said....
She proceded to point to the lower left point. That was the fact. Explanation of it seems to rely on a belief interpretation of her behavior -- so again I ask, "What is fact?" I hold that all facts ultimately become subjective, at the bottom line.
"Explanation of it" would be your theory, not the fact or the data. There's nothing subjective about the fact that she pointed to the lower left point.Of course, theories have to be robust - they have to "work" in all cases; they have to make sense, etc., etc. They have to be open to falsification, but there cannot be any facts which falsify the theory.
Follow Ups:
- Errrr............ Sparrow 11/12 12:07 (0)