RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for.
January 3, 2012 at 4:40 pm
(This post was last modified: January 3, 2012 at 4:48 pm by theVOID.)
What exactly is Gelatogate? I unsubed PZ a long time ago when I got sick of his childish bullshit.
They certainly have a similar demeanour in conversation which may be what you mean by "decent minded British Liberal" but on politics Russell was more of a communist in his early years (before he actually saw communism in action and was repulsed by it) and then became some form of classical liberal later in life.
Philosophy informs the scientific methods - without it there would be no reason behind the approach to science taken, thus no empirical evidence and no frameworks from which to interpret the findings.
Yeah, a lot of 'philosophy', especially the eastern kind, is complete horse shit, but there is also Analytic Philosophy and more specifically Quinean Naturalism that are incredibly useful tools for analysis.
I hang out with electrical engineers, that doesn't make me good at designing PCBs.
(January 3, 2012 at 8:42 am)Justtristo Wrote: Whatever his faults the impression I get from his writings, he seems like a decent minded British Liberal (rather like Bertrand Russell) and I like that.
They certainly have a similar demeanour in conversation which may be what you mean by "decent minded British Liberal" but on politics Russell was more of a communist in his early years (before he actually saw communism in action and was repulsed by it) and then became some form of classical liberal later in life.
(January 3, 2012 at 2:27 pm)5thHorseman Wrote: I dislike philosophy generally, it doesn't get you anywhere
Philosophy informs the scientific methods - without it there would be no reason behind the approach to science taken, thus no empirical evidence and no frameworks from which to interpret the findings.
Yeah, a lot of 'philosophy', especially the eastern kind, is complete horse shit, but there is also Analytic Philosophy and more specifically Quinean Naturalism that are incredibly useful tools for analysis.
Quote:look at people like William Lane Douche. But i think Dawkins knows more about philosophy than any of you give him credit for. Hardly a stupid man, and given the company he keeps
I hang out with electrical engineers, that doesn't make me good at designing PCBs.
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