Gary, John, Olga,
what is this thing "science" you are talking about? Do you mean the
sociological phenomen or the idea of science? I think these two are a bit mixed
up in your exchange. When i look at science as a sociological phenomenen i must
say i have seen much hedonism, betrayal, lying, i
Hi sb, all;
one, two, three...*pathos*, ethos, *logos*...
Best,
Jerry R
On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 3:22 PM, sb wrote:
> Gary, John, Olga,
>
> what is this thing "science" you are talking about? Do you mean the
> sociological phenomen or the idea of science? I think these two are a bit
> mixed up
Jerry, list,
very interesting essay. The second prejudice, to call it a prejudice, I think, is also known as tychism, the theory, that natural laws are due to habit-taking. Habits, I think, reqire a memory, and memory is data stored in a material form. This material form is (examples): DNA for th
Hi Helmut, list:
one, two, three...tychism, ananchism, agapism...chance, law, habit-taking.
Therefore, tychism is not what you say it is because it is a First. Still,
chance plays a major part in knowledge making.
Please have a read of Houser's essay, "Peirce's Contrite Fallibilism". It
helps