Re: MD MOQ and Logic/Science

From: Mark Steven Heyman (markheyman@infoproconsulting.com)
Date: Mon Aug 23 2004 - 02:57:57 BST

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    Hi Ian, and all,

    On 23 Aug 2004 at 0:42, Ian Glendinning wrote:
    Interestingly, Pirsig's accounts of anthropology stress the work of
    Dusenberry and Sidis, and their break with treating anthropology as a
    "science". Science is one thing, "social science" is however a myth.

    msh says:
    I agree. And should not have included anthropology a la Boas in my
    list. I did so because the relationship between the development of
    the MOQ and anthropology is so strong.

    Don't know if you've had a chance to look at the Popper link on
    Falsification that Dan sent us, but the thrust there is that
    scientific theories that don't allow falsification (that is, nothing
    that happens can be counted as evidence against them) are not
    scientific at all. For this reason, In his paper, he refers to
    Marxism and Psychoanalysis (despite terms like "political science"
    and "theory") as non-scientific. This would apply to anthropology as
    well.

    BTW, Popper's idea of Falsification applies to every religious
    "theory" you can think of. If the baby dies it God's will; if the
    baby lives it's by the grace of God. One of the reasons I drifted
    away from Catholicism at an early age.

    ian:
    I believe my views are very consistent with Pirsig's.

    msh says:
    Glad to hear it. This means you value science and logic (and by
    equivalency, math). And SOM, to SOMe extent. If logic and math go
    out the window, I'm out of a job! :-(

    Mark Steven Heyman (msh) 

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