[MD] subject/object: pragmatism

[Krimel]

David,
I couldn't agree more I find it puzzling that anyone would think that these
things are abandoned in the pursuit of science. This must be some hold over
from the Newtonian heyday of determinism. Do you really think that people
regard science as cold and soulless? Who are these people?
Krimel

Hi Krim

No problem but I would also want to retain my attachment to art,
poetry, drama, music and philosophy. My point is that imagination
is key to all these and science too. No imagination, no metaphor, no 
fiction,
would mean no science.

David M

> David M
> You seem to be talkingright past me. No problem
> with your points about knowledge and communities.
> You seem to entirely miss my point about the creative
> aspect of science and culture, its dependence on imagination
> to move from individual experience to grasp alternative
> perspectives and a world that transcends the limitations
> of what we can experience as finite individuals.
>
> Just think of Einstein's crucial thought experiments.
>
> [Krimel]
> Perhaps, but that could be because I know of no field of human endeavor 
> that
> is more inspiring, enlightening, creative, beautiful or conducive to the
> imagination and wisdom than science.