Re: pluralism in science
Posted by
Douglas Roberts-2 on
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/pluralism-in-science-tp7582640p7582661.html
Now *that* is a good answer.
On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 7:27 PM, Russell Standish
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On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 01:30:44PM -0600, Douglas Roberts wrote:
> This phrase struck me, and this will sound like a dumb question, but humor
> me: What is a philosopher of science? And what value do they provide?
> Serious question.
>
About as much value as ornithologists provide to birds, I expect. (Channeling
Dick Feynmann here...).
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