In a previous blog entitled Logic and Human Constructs, we discussed the uniquely human ability and tendency to create explanations for things that we observe, especially when we are able to link observations in a cause-and-effect manner. For example, a child living on a farm in a rural area may conclude that a rooster crowing…
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More Spock’s Constructs
In a previous blog, I discussed how humans create constructs, narratives, paradigms or presuppositions to fill the gaps between what we observe and what we can’t explain. That article logically leads to the question, “what are More Spock’s presuppositions – what are the things More Spock believes to be true that are unprovable?” Here are…
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I once took a graduate level theology course. Our first assignment was to write a paper outlining our presuppositions. The professor defined presuppositions as those things you believe to be true that are not provable by science. As you would expect in a theology class, most of the students began by stating that they believed…
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