tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2264125276161269122.post6529580546474983775..comments2023-04-21T20:55:22.881-04:00Comments on It's Only A Theory: Between scientists and citizens, part IIGabriele Contessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13607158011908969169noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2264125276161269122.post-87706456280331760132012-06-25T14:14:43.178-04:002012-06-25T14:14:43.178-04:00If you will follow the links you will see I make *...If you will follow the links you will see I make *precisely* that argument. <br /><br />Of course, it isn't my argument really. It's Quine's... as you say: nuts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2264125276161269122.post-31583839497037727742012-06-25T11:10:22.160-04:002012-06-25T11:10:22.160-04:00Yes, I was going for cute. But the question is ser...Yes, I was going for cute. But the question is serious. If you are arguing that science is a social activity influenced by politics, I doubt anyone would object. If you are arguing that there is no difference between science and politics, you are out of your mind.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099460671669064269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2264125276161269122.post-7337669012128437812012-06-25T10:24:53.041-04:002012-06-25T10:24:53.041-04:00Cute.
But I was making a philosophical point and...Cute. <br /><br />But I was making a philosophical point and, I think, a serious one. <br /><br />The collapse of the foundations of Empricism was the signal philosophical event of the twentieth century. In the wake of that calamity it seems to me that smug talk about "the role of science in society" is unseemly.<br /><br />In cased you missed it you will find a recap, once again, <a href="http://tomkow.typepad.com/tomkowcom/2008/05/blackburn-tru-1.html" rel="nofollow"> here</a>.<br /><br />He who laughs has not heard the terrible news.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2264125276161269122.post-22726060406503305982012-06-25T08:26:04.866-04:002012-06-25T08:26:04.866-04:00Seriously? There is no difference? So, pray, tell ...Seriously? There is no difference? So, pray, tell me which political party would like to repeal the law of gravity.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099460671669064269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2264125276161269122.post-59185131888145429032012-06-24T19:33:59.115-04:002012-06-24T19:33:59.115-04:00The governing assumption here-- that there is some...The governing assumption here-- that there is some fundamental difference between the scientific and the political-- seems <a href="http://tomkow.typepad.com/tomkowcom/2008/05/blackburn-tru-1.html" rel="nofollow">philosophically naive</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2264125276161269122.post-24154678759158913912012-06-07T02:13:59.599-04:002012-06-07T02:13:59.599-04:00I just wanted to say that I agree with scientists ...I just wanted to say that I agree with scientists advocating if done responsibly. The real issue is why scientists have to advocate for themselves and why more citizens and organizing bodies do not do it for them.Sean Valinotihttp://www.exponentialthought.comnoreply@blogger.com