A log pos is someone who snaps their fingers and says, prove it now in front of
me! Or, all that exists is all we can detect! Most scientists do hold the
opening for new things discovered, but a fair amount cling to old ideas, like
the standard model, anyway. Prove it~ Prove it now Dr,. Marchal--other
universes..now! Its that sort of attitude. They have a practical point, but
should practical be the first pass when doing theoretical-hypothetical work?
Nada.
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From: Bruno Marchal <marc...@ulb.ac.be>
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Sent: Sun, Sep 8, 2013 2:16 pm
Subject: Re: What gives philosophers a bad name?
On 08 Sep 2013, at 00:52, spudboy...@aol.com wrote:
Yet, there's lots of scientists in public forums like this, who embrace logical
positivism. I am not saying this is a good thing, but something I have
experienced.
Who is logical positivist? I only see people believing in some realities, and
explaining or trying to explain the appearances and measure with what is.
Postivism is dead. The first positivist condemn the microscope and deny
microbes. Positivism tries to evacuate metaphysics by using a very strong
metaphysical assumption. It is self-defeating.
Bruno
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From: meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net>
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Sent: Sat, Sep 7, 2013 4:16 pm
Subject: Re: What gives philosophers a bad name?
On 9/7/2013 12:40 AM, Alberto G. Corona wrote:
That's right. I´m not joking if i say that the thing that discredited
philosophers definitively was relativity, quantum mechanics and their
realization: the atomic bomb. That is the event that raised physicalism, a
branch of logical positivism and analytical philosophy, and discredited
any other way of thinking.
If by "physicalism" you mean the meta- of physics, then it's not
positivism. Positivism hasn't been considered a good meta-physics since
Mach. Too many unobservable things: atoms, photons, quarks, virtual
particles,... turned out to make good empirical models.
Brent
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