RE: [PEN-L:31261] Re: RE: what is science? ----- Original Message ----- From: Devine, James
said I: > >BTW, I still want to know what the alternative is to scientific > >(logical-empirical) thinking. Carl: > I'd say intuition, but that's only a hunch :) ha! of course, contrary to scientistic/positivistic propaganda, intuition is part of science. What was Einstein, if not intuitive? (I'm told that his math wasn't very good.) Scientists use their intuition all the time. But then the products of intution that can't be validated logically or empirically fall by the wayside. Jim ===================== What's the difference between intuition and guess? What's the difference between intuition and analysis? When does the one process leave off and the other begin in the dynamics of cognition and emotion? From which of the contrasting and possibly complementary terms/processes do we make the distinction[s]? And are these differences connected in any way to our individual and group abilities to perceive/conceive randomness and patterns within our bodies, societies and space-time? If I recall correctly, several mathematicians thought Eisntein would have made an excellent mathematician and geometer. Rohrshach blotter...I mean blots, anyone, Ian
