On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 09:06:27 +0000 (GMT), "Teotonio R. de Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I wish to know what Santosh has to say about some recent western thinkers about the limits of "scientific" logic and validation. Harvard-based Portuguese neuro-scientist has come out in recent times with questionings of Descartes' foundations of scientific knowledge! Curiously, his first book that made waves was entitled the "Error of Descartes". His contention is that scientific approach is only one way of understanding nature adequately. Damasio gives equal importance to neural functionings and emotions in the acquisition of all knowledge. To what extent "personal / group interest" is not the starting point of scientific process? And what about the ethical implications and damning consequences of such "interest" based science? To what extent the "science"-based modernity and rationality have fulfilled or made a mockery of their "promises" of a better world for the great majority of the humankind after five centuries of its promises of boon? I wish some of these issues could be discussed against the background of the interesting interview with the Harvard brain and a review of his first book which may be read at the following links: http://hcs.harvard.edu/~husn/BRAIN/vol8-spring2001/damasio.htm or http://www.thymos.com/mind/damasio2.html Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 18:43:41 -0000 From: "Santosh Helekar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Filomena: As usual, I am merely trying to state what I understand to be the modern scientific view about research and reliability of treatments. As I may have mentioned to you before, I am not interested in the contest between the east and the west. When I talk about research in relation to determining the efficacy and reliability of a December 3, 2003 - Happy Feast of St. Francis Xavier !! ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
