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Feb 19 2008

Science and Faith (or an assumption by any other name)

Posted by: Fritz. in Logic, Philosophy, Science, Semantics, Updated

I ran across a blog today that vehemently denies that science is faith-based. While this is a tempting position to stake out, particularly in light of the cultural wars raging across the blogosphere, it shows a disturbing misunderstanding of the underpinnings of science and logic.

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