On Friday 08 October 2004 08:45, Julian Bradley wrote:
> >I think you'll find that that is an assertion, actually.
>
> FWIW, and isn't semantics fun, the statement could be an assertion if I
> asserted it, but if I put it up for reality testing, proving or disproving,
> then it's not unreasonable to see it as a hypothesis.
I don't see the point of a "hypothesis" that doesn't include an idea about
why...
No, you assert above that something is so, but do not hypothesise why that is
the case.
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