[Buddha-l] Logic

[Erik Hoogcarspel]

Jackhat1 at aol.com schreef:
> Is there a term for beliefs or concepts that cannot be  either disproved or 
> proved, i.e., there is no evidence either way?
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> Jack H
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>   
That depends on your philosophical preferences. Analytical philosophers would like to call it just nonsense, or statements without emperical content. I suppose Pragmatists would call it believe. Others might call it literature. 
Personally I think that those statementes are a kind of symbols for believes or personal preferences. The statements about the soul for instance have a lot to do with allegence to texts about the soul or practices that relate to a soul. You might want the soul to exist or you might want to be part of the group of people that believe in the existence of a soul. So in stead of arguing about the existence of a soul it might be more informative to inquire into the motives of people who talk about it.

Erik

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