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From: Keith Ramsay
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1992 03:53
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1992 03:53
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barry@arnold.math.ucla.edu (Barry Merriman) writes:
|[...] I was thoroughly dissapointed
|in their philosophical approach, by the way---the want to copy
|the gedanken exp style from physics, but the experiments they propose
|as just a vague as the issues they are trying to clarify, unlike the
|case in physics.
I think the use of thought-experiments originated in philosophy, so I
am not sure it is fair to say that it is "copied" from physics. I also
think that the burden of proof is on you to that there is a sensible
"cure" to the vagueness of these philosophical questions. Many issues
seem clear until one tries to formulate one's position on them.
Keith Ramsay "While this sort of holistic pragmatism is
ramsay@unixg.ubc.ca attractive, it too has serious difficulties. (So
does *every* view; that is why the philosophy of
mathematics is so fascinating.)"
- Paul Benacerraf and Hilary Putnam
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Newsgroups: sci.philosophy.tech Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!destroyer!ubc-cs!unixg.ubc.ca!ramsay From: ramsay@unixg.ubc.ca (Keith Ramsay) Subject: Re: Science vs Philosophy of Message-ID: <1992Sep3.035320.25221@unixg.ubc.ca> Sender: news@unixg.ubc.ca (Usenet News Maintenance) Nntp-Posting-Host: unixg.ubc.ca Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada References: <BtpA01.KJ@unx.sas.com> <1992Aug30.044437.19426@math.ucla.edu> Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 03:53:20 GMT Lines: 19