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No. They would have created a story based on the empirical evidence which, like all such stories, would be underdetermined. You can make up any story you like that is consistent with the facts. Anyway; let's hear yours. All such things are essentially metaphorical, which is part of the answer (to b...

So what you're asking is, if someone came up with the answer to everything would it answer everything. Well I suppose potentially it could, otherwise it wouldn't be the answer to everything. Of course, I'm assuming that everything has an answer, which it very well may not have, especially if it doe...

surreptitious57 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2017 1:28 pm All questions correctly answered then yes but anything less than that then no
For the smallest gap in knowledge would mean it could not be fully accepted

Since part of epistemology is that full knowledge is impossible in any sense, i find your condition untenable, if not facetious.

attofishpi wrote: ↑Tue Sep 12, 2017 1:13 pm HELL_O

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If someone developed a world view which was internally and externally consistent, logically necessary in every respect, used common English for most purposes, could be explained at any level of detail, was perfectly compatible with the best understandings of science, and which answers the vast major...

I'm not being facetious and my ego is not involved. Before i go there, let me ask you these questions: a) What would it mean to have solved metaphysics? (I'll put my own answer in another post) b) How could such a contention be supported, verified, proven, etc. c) What are the implications for socie...