Re: Re: Re: RE: Re: RE: what is science?

2002-10-12 Thread Carl Remick
The errors of SCIENCE will never be corrected by the kind of critique Carl offers because what Carl is attacking doesn't exist Carrol What a relief. Would that were true for everything I attack. Carl _ Send and receive

Re: Re: RE: Re: RE: what is science?

2002-10-11 Thread Carrol Cox
Ian Murray wrote: What's the difference between intuition and guess? What's the difference between intuition and analysis? At least according to Susanne Langer analysis is dependent on intuition. Her example: Suppose someone admits that All men are mortal and that Socrates is a Man, but

Re: Re: RE: Re: RE: what is science?

2002-10-11 Thread Carrol Cox
Eugene Coyle wrote: If what can't be validated logically or empirically falls by the wayside, how/why do we have economics? In confronting mainstream micro purveyors, anything empirical put before their noses is dismissed as anecdotal. An intuition that is validated by unfolding

RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: what is science?

2002-10-11 Thread Devine, James
Title: RE: [PEN-L:31272] Re: RE: Re: RE: what is science? I wrote: 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