Ugh. Sorry. I often forget to use "other people's words" when I talk. Sophistry is not a bad thing in my own private lexicon. We are surrounded by sophismata (is that the right word?). The disambiguation of the meanings of "model" is one such sophisma. It is not resolvable, at least in the short term. But every conversation about such disambiguation is fruitful and worthwhile. It's just not the particular sophistry we need for this conversation.
On 05/29/2017 11:45 AM, Nick Thompson wrote: > Also, I don’t one understands what philosophy can do for science if you call > it sophistry. If you were happily painting the floor of a room and I pointed > out that you had neglected to leave yourself a way out of the room, you > wouldn’t call that sophistry, no matter how well the painting was going at > the moment or how beautiful the painted floor looked. That’s the role of > philosophy in science. -- ☣ glen ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
