I am going to lay my cards on the table and say that I don't think there is any room in philosophy for theories and theses. So I get nervous and suspicious when the 'isms' come marching by. One that makes me particularly nervous is "Scientific Realism". The reason for that is that I think that historical facts extraneous to both philosophy and to the sciences have been a major subterranean motivation for the belief in what might be called an 'ultimate reality' as a goal of, or limit on scientific work. If we describe that 'ultimate reality' as a goal in the sense of something worked toward, and as a limit in the sense of what it is that gives us something to measure our theories against and test their adequacy, then we can see that it is a very appealing notion, one that seems to solve a lot of problems at once.
^^^^^ CB: He gets "nervous" ? Is that a philosophical response ? (smile) So, science has theories , but philosophy doesn't ? No theories and theses in philosophy ? Wow, that ought to be fun to watch. Practice is the test of theory, for Marxists. Since Rosa thinks this guy is such a Marxist, maybe he should have read the Second Thesis on Feuerbach, which by the way is one of Marx's philosophical _theses_. Evidently Marx thought theses appropriate to philosophy. On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 7:12 AM, Jim Farmelant <farmela...@juno.com> wrote: > > On Thu, 23 Dec 2010 06:57:21 -0500 Jim Farmelant <farmela...@juno.com> > writes: > >> >> Rosa Litchenstein has now published on her site the last of >> the Marxist philosopher Guy Robinson's essays: >> >> > http://anti-dialectics.co.uk/Robinson_Essay_Four_On_Misunderstanding_Scie >> nce.htm > > Try this URL: > > http://tinyurl.com/38dfzuw > > >> >> It's all about Thomas Kuhn. >> >> >> Jim Farmelant >> http://independent.academia.edu/JimFarmelant >> www.foxymath.com >> Learn or Review Basic Math >> > > > Jim Farmelant > http://independent.academia.edu/JimFarmelant > www.foxymath.com > Learn or Review Basic Math > ____________________________________________________________ > New Amex Shopping Tool > For Cardmembers Only. Try It Today & Let the Offers Come To You! > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d133cf5cf17288e4eest06vuc > _______________________________________________ > Marxism-Thaxis mailing list > Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu > To change your options or unsubscribe go to: > http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis > _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
