I hear and I forget
— Kǒng Fūzǐ (Confucius)
I see and I remember
I do and I understand
What is the difference between a fact and a proposition? Often these two terms are confuted, so here a little informal clearing up. First of all: Facts are. Facts happen in the world. When a stone drops from a cliff, and you witnessed it, you were witness of a fact. This fact happened. It cannot [...]
I have lead many a discussion with constructivists – who deny that such a concept as “truth” exists. I understand and respect their motivation – a distrust of proclaimed truth, which is the hallmark of ideology. I always say that truth in science is something different: while ideologists posit the truth (they already “have” it) [...]
