I guess if truth is relative and any dimension, whether fact, fantasy and even
various interpretations of experience are all equal to --maybe even superior
to, systematic empirical tests then surely the psychic therapists should merely
sympathize and support any "way of knowing." This is not a conception of truth
or knowledge that I share, nor is it typical of the sciences. Being open
minded does not mean an absence of reasonable criteria with which to evaluate
the views and evidence that might be explored. Something can be experienced as
certain and yet be mistaken, but if you hold that there are no useful criteria
to distinguish fact from such experiences, then indeed, the concept of fact is
so open as to be useless. I am sure you can find others to debate the merits
of what appears to be, a kind of postmodernism and old-fashioned relativism
implied in your view of truth and objectivity Mike.
I am curious as to what computational neuroscience involves. You mentioned
it has something to do with eye movement control? What degree program and
where? Was this a psychology program? I know of friends involved in what I
guess could be called computational neuroscience but most are in cognitive or
neuro-physiological psych programs. What work do you do? Teach, therapy,
consulting? Gary
Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology
Saginaw Valley State University
University Center, MI 48710
989-964-4491
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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