Help Leo-Truth & Experience comes prior to proof

[ActualizedJohn]

I have a philosophy professor I am emailing and need advice on how to explain to him that truth & experience comes prior to ‘proof’, weather that be scientific or not. I need someone’s help to explain it better than me.

[Yimpa]

He will have to turn to Professor Proof to get the Scoop 

[Thought Art]

Forget explaining it to him, explain and understand it for you 

[Leo Gura]

Godel's Incompleteness theorem explicitly shows that truth always exceeds provability.

But this should be obvious without such a complex theorem, just by using common sense.

There are many things which are true but cannot ever be proven. Because to prove something requires the listener have sufficient intelligence. You cannot prove anything to a baboon. Likewise, humans are too stupid to understand most things.

What counts as "proof" is entirely subjective. It's just a question of when your mind will relent. Different minds will relent at different points based on their level of intelligence.

Moreover, there is no proof that all truths can be proven. In fact, there is a proof that all truths cannot be proven. That's what Godel did.

Edited February 15, 2023 by Leo Gura