[MD] Alternatives to the scientific method

[ian glendinning]

Hardly ;-)

So nothing in particular - difference for it's own sake - another
binary argument ?
Nothing that those differences specifically adds to a better
understanding - of MoQ or anything else ?

As I say I found Rand very "irrational" and totally lacking in any
analysis or "insight". An understandable reaction af a Russian emigre
to her erstwhile homeland "communism" in her new-found home of
"capitalism". One extreme considered only in the light of an opposing
extreme. So one dimensional and childishly simplistic (and dangerously
mis-informed / ignorant of significant wider experience) - capitalist
freedoms good - state interference bad - Doh !

Did it need a million words and a dozen books to express that ?
Socrates, Bacon, Hume, Mill and many more ancients ... the qualities
of freedom and responsibility are not new concepts ... the difficult
bit is where values indicate limits to absolute freedom .... where the
rubber meets the road of real life.

Dennett is just one of many pragmatic philosophers (James most
obviously, but many) that can "add" to an understanding of Pirsig's
attempt at Darwinian evolutionary framework of values and the
processes by which conflicting demands are dealt with..

Ian

On 8/14/07, pholden at davtv.com <pholden at davtv.com> wrote:
> Quoting ian glendinning <psybertron at gmail.com>:
>
> > Nice try Platt, I've done plenty of Randian research on the subject
> > .... the publishers of her books sell her philosophical resources
> > pretty hard .... hard to ignore.
> >
> > In your own words, why did YOU recommend "Atlas Shrugged" to a MoQ'er
> > - what relevant message did YOU want ME / US to get ? I remain at a
> > complete loss.
>
> Simple. Because it gives a different and often opposing worldview to the
> MOQ in highly rational form, worthy of intellectual consideration by anyone
> interested in philosophy. If this forum was merely a hosanna to Pirsig's
> metaphysics, I would have departed long ago. It is the arena of ideas that
> interests me, and I find Pirsig, Rand, James, Paglia, Ham and many
> others to have interesting insights into how the world works, just as you find
> Dennett and I'm sure others to be of value to you.
>
> Hope this sufficiently answers your question.
>
> Platt
>
>
>
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