Talk:Radical empiricism

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Wikipedia definitely needed a page on radical empiricism, so I made one and added the basic information people need to understand what it is about. However, I haven't had the time yet to think much about style and coherence, so be my guest to juggle the article around a bit.

The Toulmin-part is not usually included in a discussion of radical empiricism, but I see it not as original research but rather as an example of what radical empiricism is and isn't about (it isn't idealist).

Stdbrouw 14:57, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"flawed" vs. "incomplete"[edit]

The third sentence of the article currently reads:

In concrete terms: any philosophical worldview is flawed if it stops at the physical level and fails to explain how meaning, values and intentionality can arise from that.

I think it would make more sense if the word "flawed" were replaced with "incomplete", as in the following example:

In concrete terms: any philosophical worldview is incomplete if it stops at the physical level and fails to explain how meaning, values and intentionality can arise from that.

Italics were added for emphasis, although they're not present in the article itself. — DemonicPartyHat ^talk 19:16, 1 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]