Resend: I have not seen this post yet, apologies if it is a repeat.
Owen,
Alas, the first post was not a trailer (Nick has been
haranguing me about this). Instead, the first post was an attempt to crudely
connect my
blog with the other blogs I have been actively commenting on for the past year
Forwarded to list at Owen's request...
Owen,
I'll meditate on a more thorough answer, but the quick one is:
Yes, psychology is fragmented in the sense of having little or no
basis upon which psychologists agree. The original umbrella organization, the
American Psychological Association now has 56
-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of
ERIC P. CHARLES
Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2011 5:42 PM
To: Owen Densmore
Cc: friam
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] The myth of knowledge
Forwarded to list at Owen's request...
Owen,
I'll meditate on a more thorough answer, but the quick one is: Yes, psychology
Interesting. It seems though it isn't knowledge that is core to your
discussion but our 'knowing' - the human experience. What makes some
things 'compiled' knowledge (in our experience, like riding a bike) and
some things expressible knowledge (which we can teach, like nuclear
physics)? Is
Not wanting to bring this thread to the list without evidence of greater
interest, I have made posting on the blog more flexible, Robert has posted
there, and I have
http://fixingpsychology.blogspot.com/2011/08/myth-of-knowledge.html#comments.
Eric
On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 10:20 AM, Robert J.
Shameless plug: I have started a academically-oriented blog. I suspect my most
recent post, on 'http://fixingpsychology.blogspot.com/', is relevant to many
of the discussions that I have been part of on this list, and will be of
interest to at least a few people here.
I now return you to your
Whoa, how about more? Why did you feel a need to start the blog? What is
your goal? Why psychology or fixing? .. possibly Cognitive Science, or
History of Science, or xx?
We need at least a trailer .. maybe the first post was it?
-- Owen
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 6:03 PM, ERIC P.
