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There is no claim about the world that cannot be refuted.

שו”תCategory: philosophyThere is no claim about the world that cannot be refuted.
asked 6 years ago

Have a good week Rabbi,
In the last lesson on Talmudic logic, you said that there is no claim about the world that cannot be refuted. I wanted to ask if this claim itself is a claim about the world? And if it itself can be refuted?
Best regards,

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מיכי Staff answered 6 years ago

First, it is not a claim about the world (i.e. about facts in the world). It is a claim about claims. Second, it can be refuted. If you find a claim that cannot be refuted (Descartes thought that the “cogito”, I think meaning I exist, was such a claim. Anselm thought that his evidence for the existence of God was such a claim).

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