[MD] Dawkins a Materialist

[David M]

Hi Case

Doctrine in the paradigm sense though.

David M

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> [Case]
> I guess where we really part company is with the idea that science's
> assumptions amount to doctrine.
>
> DM: Do you know anyone in phil of science or history of science who would
> agree with you here? People get attached to their assumptions, that makes
> them a doctrine, of course, some hold them loose, some with fervour, but 
> we
> people are people and get more attached than not.
>
> [Case]
> I think this is a bit like dmb's beef with faith. I do not think there are
> very many in philosophy of science who hold that science is "doctrine" in
> any kind of religious sense. Russell, Popper, Kuhn, Polanyi, Dennett, are 
> a
> very diverse group but I don't think any of them claim that science is
> dogmatic and beyond question.
>
>
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