Had an argument where someone tried to tell me historical materialism is “necessarily true” and therefore not scientific or useful. Only response I can think of is that dialectical materialism is a philosophical framework, and isn’t subject to the same rules of falsification as a hypothesis. It feels somehow unsatisfying.

Have any of you encountered this argument before? What do you say to it?

    • Muad'DibberA
      8•2 years ago

      Newtonian physics is still falsifiable and valid, just not under some conditions: ie relativistic speeds. It like all scientific theories has some special conditions and exceptions.

    • @redshiftedbrazilian
      5•2 years ago

      Im notsure about Popper either Im just sharing a discussion I had.

      Also, sure, Newton was scientific but what about GR?