To: feyerabend-AT-lists.driftline.org From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?C=E9dric_Foellmi?= <cfoellmi-AT-eso.org> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 11:35:43 -0300 Subject: [PKF] Introduction/Hello Dear members of the list, As suggested by the website, a newcomer should write an email to all to introduce himself. So here it is. I am a Swiss astrophysicist currently working at the European Southern Observatory in Chile (but soon moving to France). I am an active researcher in the field of massive stars and their descendants. I am trying to also be involved in the extension of General Relativity. I learned about Paul Feyerabend's ideas at college (just before University) in Switzerland and rapidly found myself comfortable with his ideas. This was the time I was very much interested by epistemology. Then came the studies, and I found none of my colleagues really interested in these questions. I move to Canada for my PhD and the interest for these matters was even lower around me. I then moved to Chile after my PhD and I realized that the lack of scientific culture and lack of epistemological discussions was actually the rule also among professional astrophysicists, and not only students. People even do not seem concerned by their decreasing free space for thinking. Finally, I recently found out the existence of this list, and I must apologize for having been silent for ~two weeks. I was very curious to know if the list was very active or not. It seems to be, but could be more. I think that epistemology is of great importance for science, but I am rather surprised and interested by the fact that, as far as I can tell (correct me if I'm wrong!), the people that actively think about science (the epistemologists) are not the ones who actually produce the science itself. My main concern in this is the lowered importance, I think, that is given to the role of measurements. Maybe it is an old question, and I'm sorry for that. I never really found an active place where to discuss these matters. I plan to actively read the messages of the list, and I might participate to the discussions as much as my competence allows me. Best regards, Cédric _______________________________________________ List address: feyerabend-AT-driftline.org Admin interface: http://lists.driftline.org/listinfo.cgi/feyerabend-driftline.org
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