Re: Faith-based TIPS? (Transpersonal Psychology)

2001-04-13 Thread Jeff Ricker
Jim Clark wrote: [B]elow are a small sampling of the readily attainable quotes that critique the methods of science. Having spent far too much time over the past 20 years reading critiques of science like this, I can affirm that the challenges are very deep (although vacuous) Although

Re: Faith-based TIPS?

2001-04-12 Thread Deborah Hume
Maybe it is too early in the morning and I'm feeling a bit prickly, but this certainly rubbed me the wrong way. Leaving aside for the moment the possibility that there are some valid critiques of traditional western scientific methodology, how is it that irrationality, invalid inference, and

RE: Faith-based TIPS?

2001-04-12 Thread Paul Brandon
At 8:18 AM -0500 4/12/01, Paul Smith wrote: some "deconstructive intelligence", "invalid inference intelligence", and "tolerance for logical contradiction intelligence" have apparently rubbed off on me. Yellow laundry soap will take it off. * PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] *

RE: Faith-based TIPS?

2001-04-12 Thread Paul Smith
Deborah Hume wrote: Maybe it is too early in the morning and I'm feeling a bit prickly, but this certainly rubbed me the wrong way. Leaving aside for the moment the possibility that there are some valid critiques of traditional western scientific methodology, how is it that irrationality,

Re: Faith-based TIPS?

2001-04-12 Thread Paul Brandon
At 9:19 AM -0500 4/12/01, Deborah Hume wrote: Maybe it is too early in the morning and I'm feeling a bit prickly, but this certainly rubbed me the wrong way. Leaving aside for the moment the possibility that there are some valid critiques of traditional western scientific methodology, how is it

RE: Faith-based TIPS?

2001-04-12 Thread jim clark
Hi On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Paul Smith wrote: I think that even _that_ is too generous. After all, most of us are "often irrational". What is particularly disturbing about the postmodernists is the notion that there is _nothing wrong_ with irrationality - that in fact rationality has no

Re: Faith-based TIPS?

2001-04-12 Thread Deborah Hume
Paul, My apologies -- I recognized the sarcasm but misinterpreted it -- I am sorry! (maybe it WAS too early in the morning for me to be responding to a post!) Deb Hume You do understand that I was being sarcastic about that very point, right? I couldn't agree with you more, and I meant my

RE: Faith-based TIPS?

2001-04-12 Thread Paul Smith
types (right, Deb?). Paul Smith Alverno College Milwaukee -Original Message- From: Deborah Hume [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 11:54 AM To: Paul Smith; 'TIPS' Subject: Re: Faith-based TIPS? Paul, My apologies -- I recognized the sarcasm

RE: Faith-based TIPS?

2001-04-11 Thread Rick Adams
Michael Sylvester wrote: I know this is a religious time-interval with Easter and Passover. Personally,too much religious type topics are on TIPS. Lets get back to subjects re the teaching of psychology and other controversial issues . Btw,lets stop the Mother Theresa bashing.