>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/08/00 01:34AM >>
truth is partisan (to the working class),
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CB: Hear , hear ! My kind of epistemology.
And as Maurice Cornforth says in _Materialism and the Dialectical Method_
"Every philosophy expresses a class outlook. But in contrast to th
>Jim Devine wrote,
>
> >. . . postmoderns reject a basic principle of science, the view that
> > there's more to reality than what's in your head ("your
> > reality"). There's something outside that we're trying to discover. I'd
> > have to do a survey of the postmoderns to see how common it is, b
Jim Devine wrote,
>. . . postmoderns reject a basic principle of science, the view that
> there's more to reality than what's in your head ("your
> reality"). There's something outside that we're trying to discover. I'd
> have to do a survey of the postmoderns to see how common it is, but my
> ex
Justin is correct. I still see a handfull of people still interested in
this subject.
>
> In a message dated 9/7/00 9:41:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> << [after this message, this discussion will be off-list, given Michael
> Perelman's preferences.] >>
>
> I d
In a message dated 9/7/00 9:41:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< [after this message, this discussion will be off-list, given Michael
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I don't seewhy. There are a lot of people who are interested in the questions
being discussed here, even i
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Nico writes:
>But, what I am saying is that what any of us say is only an opinion. And
>there is no possible assertion of truth when truth changes depending on
>where you are in history and who you s
In a message dated 9/6/00 7:34:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
<< But, what I am saying is that what any of us say is only an opinion. And
there is no possible assertion of truth when truth changes depending on
where you are in history and who you study with and what yo
Jim writes:
Anyone who embraces such a view is saying that their statements are simply
opinion, a bunch of subjective
feelings, with no assertion of possible truth. So there's no reason to
respect those opinions. I'll ignore them.
My response:
But, what I am saying is that what any of us say is
