Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 14:36:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ruth Groff <rgroff-AT-yorku.ca>
Subject: BHA: let's try that again


Hi guys,

I wrote:
>In fact (no pun intended), RB used to argue against Taylor
>that it was a problem to end/begin with value-y "facts" -- and that his,
>Bhaskar's, critique of the fact/value divide was superior to that of the
>likes of Taylor in avoiding this mistake.

Too many different metaphorical meanings attached to one small phrase.  Let
me try it this way: RB used to argue against Taylor that it was
unsatisfactory to begin/end with fact-like (or in this case
"transcendentally real") values in the service of a critique of
value-neutrality as a criterion of scientificity in the social sciences.  

Long-winded, inelegant, but maybe a little bit clearer.

r.



     --- from list bhaskar-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---