Hi
James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax [email protected] >>> "michael sylvester" [email protected]> 19-Oct-10 9:27 PM >> ( >>> mailto:[email protected]> ) As a mobile disc jockey,I learnt that it is always best to play what people want to hear.I used to think that it would be nice to turn them on to jazz but it did not work.They wanted to hear David Allan Coe,Skynyrd,and AC/DC. The humanities and social sciences could possibly be history.Let me suggest that you read Thomas Kuhn I have read Kuhn and particularly like the following passages: "A number of them [philosophers], however, have reported that I believe the following: the proponents of incommensurable theories cannot communicate with each other at all; as a result, in a debate over theory-choice there can be no good reasons; instead theory must be chosen for reasons that are ultimately personal and subjective; some sort of mystical apperception is responsible for the decision actually reached. More than any other parts of the book, the passages on which these misconstructions rest have been responsible for charges of irrationality. ... Nothing about that relatively familiar thesis [i.e., importance of persuasion] implies either that there are no good reasons for being persuaded or that those reasons are ultimately decisive for the group. Nor does it even imply that the reasons for choice are different from those usually listed by philosophers of science: accuracy, simplicity, fruitfulness, and the like. " (Kuhn, 1970, pp. 198-199) Take care Jim --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=5811 or send a blank email to leave-5811-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
