causation (Introduction)

by romansh , Saturday, May 31, 2014, 16:56 (3618 days ago) @ GateKeeper
edited by unknown, Saturday, May 31, 2014, 17:26

doesn't that "prove" the "power" is on? assuming a regular room?-Here we enter the world of the logician.
You axiom - assuming we have a regular room.-Alternatively we can have a world where we have an electrical circuit that has a current source applied and the circuit is closed - work will be done. This is very definitely an observation.-> what point am I missing? -Other than a very trivial sense of proof ... ie we are convinced 
 
> before I stick this screw driver in, prove to me the power is off? -I can only provide you evidence. eg stick in a circuit tester into your socket. But that might not show that the circuit has an intermittent fault or that it been wired incorrectly.
 
> That is amateurish? You aren't sure after they hit the switch and the light doesn't go on that you can't be sure it's off. Is That what is problematic to you?-Yes to my mind it is amateurish when it comes to science. Just because I am convinced it does not mean it is proven. Are you convinced there is a god? is it proven?