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So if the president says "The sun won't rise tomorrow", we can't reject that statement out of hand?


You'd be wise too, but you wouldn't be rejecting it empirically.


"Empirical" does not mean exclusively present observation. It includes reacting to observed patterns a priori, for example.


...observed patterns a priori?


As in a priori observations can instruct an empirical conclusion.


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