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Saturday, January 20, 2007
In a brief article in New Scientist John Searle wonders whether there might be a scientific solution to the problem of free will.
Missing Shades of Grue
rules amended, inferences rejected
Rudy Garns
philosopher, educator, citizen
"...rules and particular inferences alike are justified by being brought into agreement with each other. A rule is ammended if it yields an inference we are unwilling to accept; an inference is rejected if it violates a rule we are unwilling to amend. The process of justification is the delicate one of making mutual adjustments between rules and accepted inferences...." (Nelson Goodman, Fact, Fiction and Forecast)
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