Glen, Beans and rice, yes.
Studies that show that research groups that have a philosopher on call produce better research than those that do not, yes. Nick Nicholas Thompson Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology Clark University [email protected] https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ -----Original Message----- From: Friam <[email protected]> On Behalf Of u?l? ? Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 12:18 PM To: FriAM <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Pragmaticism and puritanism No. Go to the meeting. Follow Frank's advice. And stop at the store on the way home to buy some beans and rice. I don't care at all about what philosophers might say about philosophers' contributions to science. That's the point. I need to see some *scientific* studies of whether conversations like this contribute to science. That's what I mean by eating your own dog food. If you claim to privilege science, then actually cite or do some science. On 3/11/20 11:00 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Re Renee: If she were the Friam Health Officer, would she suspend our weekly > meeting of septuagenarians in a college dining hall? For her information, > there are exactly zero diagnosed cases of the virus in NM at the moment. > > I agree with you. It’s certainly not death I fear. Its that moment when > Penny and I are crawling to the front door to gnaw at boxes of sugar frosted > flakes that the fire department has left at our door. That moment I fear. > > [...] > > */[NST===>] No, no, Glen. Be fair. That’s OUR dogfood I would be > eating. So the question would be, Does a science move more slowly or > more rapidly toward convergence on enduring understandings with or > without logical understandings? Can philosophers point to cases where > they have clearly contributed to development and/or dissemination of > empirical knowledge? I know that many philosophers of science have > been dubious about it. . I would quickly cite Peirce as an example > given that his focus on the practicial consequences of concepts (their > consequences in practice) helped to move behavioral sciences on during > subsequent 50 years. Somebody must of made that case. I will shake > some bushes. /* -- ☣ uǝlƃ ============================================================ 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 archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove ============================================================ 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 archives back to 2003: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
