From: "A Makinson" <g9730821-AT-campus.ru.ac.za> Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 19:26:43 +0200 Subject: Re: BHA: Terms of Jugement (call for help) Dear All, As far as I see it (and I may be wrong) I agree up to the point where epistemic relativism does not necessarily entail judgemental relativism. But the proplem is going from a denial of judgemental relativism to a theory of judgemental rationalism that doesn't operate under a too exclusive definition of rationality. Surely there must be room for value judgements as well as the criterion of more inclusive explanatory capacity? Especially in regard to social science? How do we define rationality without excluding these elements but also without capitulating arbitrarily to individual taste and preference? Dosen't Bhaskar argue for a kind of qualitative explanatory value in Reclaiming Reality? And isn't this really the important question since it relates directly to the continuing practice of science? Best Wishes, Andrew Makinson --- from list bhaskar-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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