[MD] Is Morality innate in the cosmos?

[Heather Perella]

Ham,
     Kuhn was putting forth in his book that
methodology is a part or with the paradigm or
worldview of a certain science or scientist. 
Incidentally, I don't have his book I read during
class in the apartment at the moment or I could find a
quote or something.  He was saying that the
methodology used to conclude a theory such as
deduction or induction in a logical positivist
approach conclude certain theories.  This whole
paradigm (the method, theory, the whole scheme as you
said) has scientists persuaded that their worldview is
the concrete physical reality, that is until another
theory comes along.  The method is what Kuhn was
arguing, which in turn leads to a Kuhn perspective
about how theories come about.  Some philosophers of
science (such as Kuhn) have tried to put forth and
explain that scientists actually use another method to
conclude certain theories.  This method would include
experimentation, deduction, induction, and also
thought or social pressures (which would not be
logical positivism).  Paradigm according to Kuhn is a
worldview and that worldview includes a method.  I am
not a university schooled philosopher, but this is
what I have gathered from the course.  
     Actually I have a degree in Anthropology and I am
a certified Massage Therapist that has taken a year or
two in the past in order to focus on camping,
backpacking, fishing, hunting, gardening and just
being in the woods doing sitting meditation and
walking.  I still do these things, except hunting and
gardening for some years now.  I am married and have a
job now helping troubled youth that are in placement. 
I will be starting ju-jitsu tomorrow morning for the
first time.

Sure anomalies are not scientists fault.  Kuhn was
just pointing out that anomalies (things that seem to
not fit with the current paradigm or worldview)
accumulate over time and eventually the scientist will
not be able to ignore them anymore.  At least
historically, scientists haven't been able to ignore
them over time due to the inherent motivation in
science which is to learn.  Also, remember how I was
saying that Kuhn was trying to also show that
scientists (a number of which declare they strictly
just observe what is) are persuaded (not by what is,
but by what they think is the way to know what is). 
Persuasion is not a strictly logic approach, which a
number of scientists claim they are strictly logical.

Ham I also had another question about your thesis
which was as follows:  Intellect knows the edge of
reality and we only intellectually know this edge of
reality, meanwhile the essence of this edged reality
is not known by intellect because intellect cannot
know essence?  Is that what you are saying?

Thanks,
SA

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