Re: linguistics vs philology

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From: Marc A. Belanger
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 1994 15:36

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In article <307465$ikl@netnews.upenn.edu>
bsinger@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Bayla Singer) writes:
>
>The Ptolemean system/model was indeed scientific, by either the
>definition of the times or today's.  Something can be 'scientific'
>and still be incorrect or incomplete, as for example Newtonian physics.
>
I stand corrected. But would you still say that a science has to make
predictions in order to be considered scientific?
 
                                 - Marc.

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Subject: Re: linguistics vs philology
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