Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: <1/1,000,000th%
Nope, not news at all. The writer is totally innocent of the philosophy of science of the last forty years. "Scientific Realism," the notion that theories are not literaly true, but instead correspond directly with physical reality, has superseded logical positivism since the sixties. What is news is the emergence of cognitive models of theory construction, which use the insights gleaned by cognitive science and psychology to explain how our mental and perceptual facilities work together to "create" science.
19 posted on 02/11/2004 8:05:13 PM PST by RightWingAtheist
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies ]


To: RightWingAtheist
"Scientific Realism," the notion that theories are not literaly true, but instead correspond directly with physical reality, has superseded logical positivism since the sixties. What is news is the emergence of cognitive models of theory construction, which use the insights gleaned by cognitive science and psychology to explain how our mental and perceptual facilities work together to "create" science.
////////////////////////////
can you relate that to 4th century moneist/dualist arguments over the Nician creed.(ie just how divine is jesus anyway.)
22 posted on 02/12/2004 6:36:11 AM PST by ckilmer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson