[lit-ideas] Re: Censorship
- From: Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 15:49:31 -0400
"Boiling point is not a rule. It is a measured standardized ..."
Phil: In other words, a rule.
Eric: I think you are wrong here. How do you define fact in
relation to rule? I can't see the sense in which "boiling point"
is considered a "rule."
Boiling point doesn't sound like a "principle" to me. In other
words, the boiling point of a substance is NOT:
(a) a principle that governs the behavior of a substance; it is
the reflection of a substance's molecular composition,
(b) a generalization that serves as the basis for further
reasoning like "the rule of conservation of mass"
(c) a guide for induction or for governing individual behavior
Boiling point is a "temperature" not an equation like F=ma .
Maybe Paul, Teemu, or someone more scientifically inclined could
address this.
Boiling point, it seems to me, is not a rule . At least boiling
point is not a rule in the sense that the First Law of
Thermodynamics is a rule.
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