# Quantitative vs. qualitative and its implications for materialism

**URL:** <https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/quantitative-vs-qualitative-and-its-implications-for-materialism/14404>\
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**Created:** [October 15, 2021, 8:58am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/quantitative-vs-qualitative-and-its-implications-for-materialism/14404 "2021-10-15T08:58:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Frank\_robert](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/frank_robert/32/9272_2.png) [@Frank\_robert](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Frank_robert)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/quantitative-vs-qualitative-and-its-implications-for-materialism/14404/41 "2021-10-18T19:54:43Z")

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> [@LogosOfLogic](#):
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> however my point is that science may have most of the answers and the answers it doesn’t have maybe found in non-quantitative and non-empirical means and methods.

What you are suggesting is not science.

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**Author:** ![AlanFox](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/alanfox/32/3495_2.png) [@AlanFox](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/AlanFox)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 8:47pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/quantitative-vs-qualitative-and-its-implications-for-materialism/14404/42 "2021-10-18T20:47:46Z")

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> [@LogosOfLogic](#):
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> 1. Semantics by definition is what words mean so it’s very important to assign the proper definition to what we’re discussing. Either way they both are mental constructs.

Language is a mental construct that we can use to describe external reality (if that is our aim).

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> 1. Some organized religions may rely on authority as well as written or oral tradition and mantra, however the spiritual quest relies upon faith and the pursuit of the truth along the thin narrow righteous path.

Well, maybe, but not relevant to “Quantitative vs. qualitative and its implications for materialism”.

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> 1. The logical fallacy and appeal to authority is not sufficient nor does it detract from the fact that mathematical models are theoretical and not actual.

Where have I discussed models previously? Certainly, mathematical modelling is a very powerful tool in the scientific toolkit. Boyle’s law describing the behaviour of a(n ideal) gas at constant temperature is simply a mathematical model of the observed behaviour that accurately describes the inverse relationship between pressure and volume. The behaviour is measurable and also predictable (within limits) using the mathematical model.

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**Author:** ![LogosOfLogic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/logosoflogic/32/13093_2.png) [@LogosOfLogic](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/LogosOfLogic)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 8:47pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/quantitative-vs-qualitative-and-its-implications-for-materialism/14404/43 "2021-10-18T20:47:48Z")

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Precisely

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**Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/quantitative-vs-qualitative-and-its-implications-for-materialism/14404/44 "2021-10-25T20:48:08Z")

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