--- Dick Fischer <dickfischer@verizon.net> wrote:
> What kind of mushrooms grow in Plantinga's garden?
>
[snip]
> As another example, the statement "There is at least one electron" is
> surely scientific, but it isn't by itself verifiable or falsifiable.
>
> It isn't verifiable or testable partly because it is an incomplete
> sentence. A more complete sentence might be: "An atom contains at least
> one electron." It may not be testable to 100% surety at our present
> state of scientific ability, but that only means we lack the
> instrumentation. We can't know the composition of black holes, but we
> know they exist.
>
"There is at least one electron" _is_ verifiable, and gets verified in every
living room containing a TV with a picture tube and every computer with an old
fashioned (non LCD) monitor. Picture tube type displays contain electron guns
and phosphor screens that detect electrons by glowing. No electrons, no
picture.
Bill Hamilton
William E. Hamilton, Jr., Ph.D.
586.986.1474 (work) 248.652.4148 (home) 248.303.8651 (mobile)
"...If God is for us, who is against us?" Rom 8:31
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