Ok. As an alchemist, I am wondering the answer to a troubling question for my Summer Homework. I just got it today to get in Philosophy class. Now, The question stands and I need REASONS.
(No offence, but this is probably the only REAL philosophy question active right now)
2006-08-04 18:16:43 · 21 answers · asked by Hytegia 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I just thought of something.
(Please modify answers to mold to this post)
EVERYTHING is proven, becouse if you think about it, it is PROVEN to be not-proven. Does anyone concur?
2006-08-04 18:32:40 · update #1
Oh. And, no offence, but before you start critisizing my hobby and studies, PLEASE make sure you know what you are talking about... :-(
I put a complete description of Alchemy in my profile.
2006-08-04 18:49:43 · update #2
EVERYTHING is proven, becouse if you think about it, it is PROVEN to be not-proven
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Proofs do not exist outside our making them.
There may be evidence that could be used to form a not-yet-existing proof, but total ignorance has nothing to do with knowledge.
A "disproof" is just the same as a proof. You are proving something does not exist. To do this, OFTEN a philosopher will assume the truth of a proposition such as "God exists" and then, by reductio ad absurdum prove deductively that the assumption is, in fact, false when you derive a contradiction.
2006-08-05 08:08:19 · answer #1 · answered by -.- 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Of course you can disprove something that isn't proven. Say for example, you claim it is raining outside. You are inside, you have no idea if you are right. You go outside, you either disproved it or proved it by looking up at the sky.
Alchemist? You cannot convert matter through chemistry. You end up with the same elements you started with, just different molecules. Now throw Physics in the mix, yeah, then you can transform. There is the little problem of radiation of course...
-Dio
2006-08-04 18:33:55 · answer #2 · answered by diogenese19348 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you would just have to find something that has never been proven. It has become harder after the scientific revolution, but think about it, Newton disproved that something could stay up in the air (I know someone did it before him but for philosophy's sake lets say he was the first to ever notice) that would be disproving an unproven thing. I wish i could get your counter point because this is simply my perspective as a history major.
2006-08-04 18:22:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When in doubt "STOP" action. Allow mind to work. There can be limits. If you still have to make a conclusion - take the most possible and harmless path.
All what is not proven is open matter. Not to be disproved or approved. Time will prove any truth - but our time is limited.
2006-08-04 18:56:16 · answer #4 · answered by latterviews 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, of course it is.
An unproven theory is called a hypothesis. Suppose your hypothesis is that the sealed cardboard box labelled "Stephen King Books" you bought cheap at a garage sale contains only books by the masterful Mr King.
The way you go about proving your hypothesis is, of course, to open the box and look. And suppose when you open the box the third book you pull out is by some scribbler called Dean Koontz. You have disproved your unproven hypothesis.
2006-08-04 18:52:14 · answer #5 · answered by brucebirdfield 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Disproving (proving falsity) is usually easier than proving truth.
Statements that claim "all" are often easy to disprove.
Any number of instances will never prove the truth of an "all" statement, but it takes a single example to prove such a statement false. (Einstein)
Example:
Someone claims that all butterflies on earth are yellow. They could never prove this statement true unless they produced every butterfly and they were all yellow. You could disprove (prove false) the claim by producing a single non-yellow butterfly.
2006-08-04 20:52:11 · answer #6 · answered by curious 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's possible to dispute or disprove something that isn't proven.
first you need contingent propositions which could be true or untrue. Then you need necessary propositions which must be true. You need theories or theorem from which factual conclusions could be made via logical and deduced reasonings. Science is concerned with formulating and testing general empirical theories from which specific factual conclusions can be deduced.
2006-08-04 18:53:02 · answer #7 · answered by rosieC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes - "Myth breakers"
- Someone imagine some things , and they go there , make some test , and truth goes up ...
Anyway - If qustion has other meaning - then i an say - if u can not make experiments with something, and you can not properties it - then you have nothing than imagination of it , so it can not be nether proven or disproven...
2006-08-04 18:44:22 · answer #8 · answered by Sun Sonic 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is not proven, it isn't factual, Right? Then it must be hypothetical. How does one disprove an idea or suggestion? If it is possible, I also would like to know how.
2006-08-04 18:25:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is very hard to either prove or disprove which is not proven. That is the mystery of that thing. just observe and feel the mystery of that . Let be mystery. God bless. Amen
2006-08-04 18:21:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋