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Please show me scientific theories that rely on faith.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>
'Science' rests on a number of metaphysical/philosophical assumptions that cannot be scientifically demonstrated. These include (in a general, non-mutually exclusive list):
1. The logic of falsification
2. Materialism
3. Causal determinism
4. Rationality/logical coherence
5. Mathematics
6. Extrapolation from observation
Excluding all things that cannot be scientifically demonstrated from knowledge excludes science from knowledge (and, in the process produces a nice little liar's paradox). The fact that most of these assumptions are accepted uncritically (and usually in ignorance) gives almost a textbook definition of knowledge built on faith. |