Excellent capsule summary of Van Fraassen. I would only add that much of
the book is devoted to exploring the question of how science can rationally
progress through conceptual revolutions when the post revolutionary view is
irrational according to the pre-revolution view. Very engaging discussion
Peircers,
Synchroncity In The Asynchronous World (SITAW) !!!
We recently had a discussion of related issues on PolicyMic ...
http://www.policymic.com/articles/why-the-pope-can-t-be-tried-at-the-icc#comment-16229
Regards,
Jon
Benjamin Udell wrote:
James, list,
Theology, Catholic or otherwis
James, list,
Theology, Catholic or otherwise, is hardly my forte, and I find on first look
into infallibilism (i.e., Wikipedia) that Catholic infallibilism is itself
largely a theoretical idea, like you say, and the list of supposedly infallible
statements is a matter of debate, but the Immacul
