Wave function based relativistic multi-reference electron correlation methods [Elektronische Ressource] : development and application to atomic and molecular properties / Timo Fleig

Wave Function BasedRelativistic Multi-ReferenceElectron Correlation Methods.Development and Applicationto Atomic and MolecularProperties.Habilitationsschriftzur Erlangung der venia legendifur¨ das Fach Theoretische Chemiean der Mathematisch–Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakult¨atder Heinrich-Heine-Universit¨at Dus¨ seldorfTimo FleigDusseldorf¨ 2006Angefertigt mit Genehmigung derMathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakult¨atder Heinrich-Heine-Universit¨at Duss¨ eldorffor my beloved wife and children[about thought and deception; science defined]We conclude, therefore, that the argument from religious experience is altogetherfallacious. The fact that people have religious experiences is interesting from thepsychological point of view, but it does not in any way imply that there is such athing as religious knowledge, any more than our having moral experiences impliesthat there is such a thing as moral knowledge. The theist, like the moralist, maybelieve that his experiences are cognitive experiences, but, unless he can formulatehis “knowledge” in propositions that are empirically verifiable, we may be sure thathe is deceiving himself. It follows that those philosophers who fill their books withassertions that they intuitively “know” this or that moral or religious “truth” aremerely providing material for the psycho-analyst. For no act of intuition can besaid to reveal a truth about any matter of fact unless it issues in verifiable propo-sitions.