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The Ownership of Science
RE: The Ownership of Science
(November 4, 2021 at 6:32 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote:
(November 4, 2021 at 5:58 pm)Angrboda Wrote:



What you mean is science rejects your metaphysics.  There's plenty of teleology and norms in science, just not on the hooks you want to hang them on.

I'm saying science has very little to say about the ontology of things like functions but uses them anyway.

Functions, such as adaptable traits in Nature?
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The Ownership of Science - by GaryAnderson - November 3, 2021 at 10:47 am
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RE: The Ownership of Science - by Alan V - November 4, 2021 at 2:26 pm
RE: The Ownership of Science - by Neo-Scholastic - November 4, 2021 at 4:30 pm
RE: The Ownership of Science - by Angrboda - November 4, 2021 at 5:58 pm
RE: The Ownership of Science - by Neo-Scholastic - November 4, 2021 at 6:32 pm
RE: The Ownership of Science - by Jehanne - November 6, 2021 at 2:20 pm
RE: The Ownership of Science - by Neo-Scholastic - November 6, 2021 at 6:49 pm
RE: The Ownership of Science - by Anomalocaris - November 6, 2021 at 7:43 pm
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