[MD] A fly in the MOQ ointment

[David Thomas]

Dmb

On 2/25/10 8:35 AM, "david buchanan" <dmbuchanan at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I mean, the idea that philosophy remains steeped in SOM simply isn't true.

I think philosopher Nicholas Maxwell might disagree with you. First by
asking which "philosophy" are you referring to. It seem now that every
branch of "science" or "academia" has a philosophy all of its own. Then
philosophy pursued  as an individual discipline also specializes in sub
fields and schools of thought. He would say that if you are talking about
mainstream "philosophy of knowledge" and " philosophy of science" your claim
is false.

> Rejecting it is a real option that real people take.

But he is one of those people. In the 2nd edition of "From Knowledge to
Wisdom-A Revolution for Science and the Humanities" he argues that narrow
standard version of empiricism which so dominates science is so SOM steeped
as to be irrational. It's a long, detailed,and complicated argument but you
may want to check it out. http://www.nick-maxwell.demon.co.uk/
His basic thrust is that value needs to be an integral part of empiricism.

Dave