Hi Ken, Chris, and others,
Although I follow Ken's explanation, after doing some searching
on Norman Swartz, I think that there is a more fundamental and
subtle distinction but it has to do metaphysics, basically, what
kind of knowledge about the physical world is possible. There
is an entry on
Hi Mike and Chris:
Here is an example of a seemingly-obvious empirical fact that shows you how
tricky such statements can be. Imagine that you (or as we say, “y’all"; as
opposed to “youse") weigh the same object on your bathroom scale in Toronto and
New York City; and you both agree it weighs
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Mike,
You’re missing something because I didn’t explain it. Norm Swartz was an
interesting guy. Very smart — it’s not like he was unaware of the ancient roots
of the conventional accounts of mathematical truth — but very radical. Once a
devoted follower of Hempel, but he had taken the lessons o
On Sun, 14 May 2017 08:29:46 -0700, Christopher Green wrote:
Everything is opinion. Some opinions are just better backed with
evidence than others. None are so well evinced that they are certain.
I once had a philosophy of science professor who was such a
thoroughgoing empiricist that he disputed
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Stuart, based on my personal and professional experience, support
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Hi
First it sho
Hi
First it should be pointed out that Mike's e-mail did not have a proper
salutation, such as "Dear Reader."
More seriously, I worry if labels are necessary to demonstrate our greater
expertise in the classroom. Shouldn't there be more substantive indicators?
Might the informality also be
Tipsters may find interesting a NY Times opinion piece
on the role of etiquette in today's colleges and university
by Molly Worthen who is identified as:
Molly Worthen is the author of "Apostles of Reason:
The Crisis of Authority in American Evangelicalism,"
an assistant professor of history at
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