Ian said to dmb:
Yes, I do, [think reductionism is the epitome of amoral scientific objectivity]
which is why the point you snipped was followed (and preceded) by several buts
and conditions ...
dmb says:
Yea, I certainly noticed your buts and conditions. But surely you realize by
now
that I really, really hate that kind of equivocation. You're not being subtle
or
nuanced, which would be fine. You're just being a wishy-washy weasel. What
don't
you take a position and stick to it, for once. Your efforts to be on every side
of every issue does not help at all. It's drivel. It's far more egotistical
than
intellectual and in fact it almost always confuses and blurs whatever the topic
or issue is.
Sorry, but that's how I feel. I just hate it. How many years have I been
complaining about that, Ian? Not hours, days, weeks or months. Years. WTF?
Ron butts in:
It is an interesting example of how we may obtain meaning from what we mean
when
we use the term
being "Radically empirical". Does it mean taking all acounts into consideration
at all times? or may
it mean the ability to elimiate some possibilites based on experience and
history. To me it means
the necessity to develope and examine our reasons for holding to the ability to
accurately exercise
value and choice when it comes to the elimenation of certain possibilities
based
on the consequences
of their being true. It's what makes some things better than others.
James might say that we could elimenate certain possibilities based on their
usefulness.
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