Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 15:09:47 +0000 From: Paul Newall <hugoholbling-AT-gmail.com> To: feyerabend-AT-lists.driftline.org Subject: Re: [PKF] Introduction/Hello On 1/27/06, Cédric Foellmi <cfoellmi-AT-eso.org> wrote: > > 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. Which "people that actively think about science" do you have in mind, Cédric? It has often been the case that the most active philosophers of science are the scientists themselves, particularly those troubled by the philosophical implications of their work (the physicists of the turn of the twentieth century being perhaps the best example). It may be that the level of epistemological discussion differs across scientific disciplines, with astrophysics (or at least your experience of it) not necessarily being representative; after all, the philosophy of biology seems to be going strong with increasing political relevance. What did you mean about the "lowered importance [of] the role of measurements"? Welcome to the list! Paul. _______________________________________________ List address: feyerabend-AT-driftline.org Admin interface: http://lists.driftline.org/listinfo.cgi/feyerabend-driftline.org
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