List,
Here's the opening and conclusion of a New York Times article today on
an aspect of the subject of this thread.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/12/business/yourmoney/12digi.html?ex=1142830800en=30176f24d523ea78ei=5070emc=eta1
March 12, 2006 The New York Times
Digital Domain:
Larry:
Thanks for the extensive reply to my criticisms. Sorry for the delay in
responding but it will take me a few days more before I am ready to do so
properly. I've been reading the various material by you that provides
background understanding in some depth for what you say in your
Larry Sanger wrote:
This question--who authorizes the authorities--really lies at the heart of
social epistemology, and reminds me of an essay I read in grad school,
Egoism in Epistemology by Richard Foley (in *Socializing Epistemology*--I
just pulled the book off the shelf). Among other things
Prof. Ransdell,
I actually think I and others at work on the project need this sort of
dialogue, frankly, because we have been heads-down in making it happen and
haven't often come up for air, so to speak. So I very much appreciate this
critique.
Thanks also for the plug about my dissertation.
TO: Larry Sanger
Larry:
Before explaining to you what I find questionable in the way you are
presently conceiving the task of developing the DU, I want to say first that I
am looking forward to reading with care your dissertation on epistemic
circularity and the problem of
Dear Joe,
There are no authorities on authority and the public is vulnerable if
it thinks otherwise.
The memeio position can be summarized by saying that dictionaries are
bad and glossaries are good.
Dictionaries - and non-attributable content of any kind - are sociologically dangerous
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Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 2:33
AM
Subject: [peirce-l] Re: Are there
authorities on authority?
Dear Joe,There are no
authorities on authority and the public is vulnerable if it thinks
otherwise.The memeio position can be summarized by saying that
dictionaries are b
To:
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Sent:
Tuesday, February 28, 2006 2:33 AM
Subject:
[peirce-l] Re: Are there authorities on authority?
Dear Joe,
There are no authorities on authority and the public is vulnerable if
it thinks otherwise.
The memeio position can
Joe,
I think you raise some very important points in this post. I'm not going
to address any of them myself at the moment, but I do look forward to
hearing Larry's response to your question about the basis for
determining authorities. I would, however, like to give an example of
the kind of
Joseph,
This question--who authorizes the authorities--really lies at the heart of
social epistemology, and reminds me of an essay I read in grad school,
Egoism in Epistemology by Richard Foley (in *Socializing Epistemology*--I
just pulled the book off the shelf). Among other things Foley
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