I´m very sorry John for my though response. But there are a lot of things to consider in the case and to extract a phrase from its context is not fair play. Just that.
2013/9/8 Alberto G. Corona <[email protected]> > Feyerabend made the best analysis of the endavour of Galileo in his fight > for the truth. No other presented the intellectual work of Galileo in his > gigantic intelectual dimension that was, more even than the case of > Einstenin and Feyerabend presented it as no one before. Having studied and > put clear all the reasoning steps of Galileo in relation with their > Aristotelian opponents and extracted invaluable lessons for the methodology > of science I think that Feyerabend deserve some respect , you idiot. Please > abstain from insults and disqualifications unless you have enough knowledge > of the case and present your arguments. > > > 2013/9/8 John Clark <[email protected]> > >> >> >> >> On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 6:48 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> > Yes, your reading Feyerabend, suggests that [...] >>> >> >> Speaking of things that give philosophy a bad name consider these words >> of wisdom from Feyerabend: >> >> "The church at the time of Galileo was much more faithful to reason than >> Galileo himself, and also took into consideration the ethical and social >> consequences of Galileo's doctrine. Its verdict against Galileo was >> rational and just, and revisionism can be legitimized solely for motives of >> political opportunism." >> >> No doubt there are those on this list who will try to make excuses for >> the above moronic statement, but the fact remains that most professional >> philosophers think any provocative statement can make them stand out no >> matter how dimwitted it is. >> >> John K Clark >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Everything List" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > > > -- > Alberto. > -- Alberto. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
