Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

But positivism claims knowledge comes only from a posterior knowledge not a priori. So it does not require completeness in any formal system, just consistency.

And even if a deductive system is inconsistent in an interesting way, observation (a posterior knowledge) will catch it and force us to devise another system.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: