On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Steven Peterson <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi Mark, > > >> Steve: > > > > I'm promoting pragmatic anti-skepticism. I'm saying that we not not be > >> any more skeptical about moral truth than we are about scientific > >> truth. Anyone objecting to moral truth as not resting on firm > >> foundations similar to those of scientific claims can be shown that > >> moral claims in fact do not suffer by comparison to scientific ones in > >> terms of epistemic grounding. All the criticisms typically made for > >> the possibility of moral knowledge can be shown to apply equally to > >> scientific knowledge that we are not skeptical about. > >> > > Mark: > > Hi Steve, > > In my experience, science is based on skepticism, asking questions, > trying > > to disprove. It is important to be skeptical about scientific truths > else > > wise we do not advance. The practical applications of scientific methods > > are meant to uncover truth, not define it. I would go so far as to say > that > > science presents a false notion of truth. > > Steve: > I think this notion is better put as falliblism which does not make us > skeptics doubting the possiblity of knowledge or that we now know > anything. It just means that we always keep in mind that we could be > wrong about any of our beliefs in particular and are willing to be > proven wrong by new evidence and arguments. > > > Mark > > The foundations of science are not necessarily firm, they are accepted. > If > > we are not skeptical about scientific knowledge it is due to the profound > > indoctrination and resulting faith in its dogma. Such a thing is termed > > Scientism. This is not railing against science per se, it is a judgement > > against its applications to areas where it does not belong. > > Steve: > What are the areas where science does not belong in your view? > Mark: Morality > > Best, > Steve > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
