Philosophy of Science

With regards to : Propositions

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People accept reality but they do not similarly accept propositions about it. Reality, I would say “presses” on you. If something presses, you need to attend to it. One does not have a choice, in the case of a pressing reality. One needs to attend. Propositions about reality might be like the type of things economists try to put forward. We do not experience a need to accept such propositions. A distinction is drawn: between proposition and reality, where one needs to accept reality, but…