Can I Objectively State That "I Have Hands?"
von Derek Rainey
1. NO
2. Plato, Aristotle, and Intellectual Honesty
2.1. My argument is guided by the truth value of this claim.
3. Karl Popper and Logical Positivism
3.1. As a theory, If this claim cannot be falsified, then I may state it.
3.2. As a theory, if this claim can be falsified, then I may not state it.
3.3. As a theory, if this claim has not been falsified, but its falsifiability has not been exhausted, then I may provisionally state it.
4. Prior Expectations
4.1. I took a survey of the population to determine if I have hands.
4.1.1. I discarded all results that did not conform to my expectations.
4.1.2. I kept all results.
4.1.2.1. The results were a definitive NO.
4.1.2.2. The results were a definitive YES.
4.1.2.3. The results were unclear.
4.1.3. I discarded all results from respondents who lied, cheated, or did not understand the question.
5. Unmediated Perception
5.1. Any metric by which this could be determined compromises the objectivity of perception.
6. Thomas Kuhn and Incomensurability
6.1. I can state this because:
6.1.1. A past paradigm affirmed this statement.
6.1.2. A past paradigm negated this statement.
6.1.3. The current paradigm affirms this statement.
6.1.4. The current paradigm negates this statement.
6.1.5. A future paradigm will affirm this statement.
6.1.6. A past paradigm will negate this statement.