This phrase struck me, and this will sound like a dumb question, but humor me: What is a philosopher of science? And what value do they provide? Serious question.
--Doug On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Roger Critchlow <[email protected]> wrote: > There's an intriguing book review in Science this week: > > *Studying Human Behavior* How Scientists Investigate Aggression and > Sexuality *by Helen E. Longino* University of Chicago Press, Chicago, > 2013. 261 pp. S75. ISBN 9780226492872. Paper, $25, £16. ISBN 9780226492889. > > http://www.sciencemag.org/content/340/6129/146.1.full?rss=1 > > The claim is that there is not and will not be a dominant paradigm for > researching human behavior, there are multiple ways of establishing causes > for behavior and that's just the way it is. > > So not only do phenomena worth studying emerge at different levels of > organization, but the emerging phenomena at a level of organization are > amenable to different disciplines of study which may all be judged > "scientific" by a philosopher of science. > > So, what's scientific evidence now? > > -- rec -- > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > -- *Doug Roberts [email protected]* *http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins*<http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> * <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> 505-455-7333 - Office 505-672-8213 - Mobile*
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