[MD] Dawkins a Materialist

[David M]

Hi Case

That is just positive spin that ignores
the social and ego and conservative factors
that are embodied in the notion of paradigm.
If we ignore these negatives we simply reinforce them.
That is why Kuhn is useful. I am not saying we can't
monitor and overcome these problems but we must
be aware of their reality.

David M

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> [David M]
> Doctrine in the paradigm sense though.
>
> [Case]
> Not so much. Paradigms resist change but they do shift. They resist change
> because scientists attempt to shift them with each experiment and they 
> don't
> move. As knowledge and new information accrues, the scientific world view
> may change, even radically but that is part of the program. It is also
> frequently true of scientific paradigm shifts that the new view builds on
> the old but does not replace it. Einstein shifted our view of physics but
> did not render Newton useless.
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