From: "Simon Beesley" <simonb-AT-beesleys.freeserve.co.uk> Subject: Re: Habitus Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 11:33:03 +0100 Ania, You wrote: "This does not make sense. First you cannot justify why research on Alzheimer's makes sense as you refuse to see a need for justification why anything makes sense. Then you speculate that Alzheimer's research has a chance to do something good. Tell me why??? Tell me why doing research on Alzheimer's has a chance to help teh factors that in reality are not Alzheimer's but simply a collection of factors that affect people in certain ways?" I hope you don't think me offensive, but I must say that your argument does indeed seem to borrow the logic of Alice in Wonderland: Simon: "Research into Alzheimer's disease is self-evidently a good thing. I see no need for a justification of it." Ania: "Ah, then you admit that you cannot justify research into Alzheimer's. Now you must further concede that you have no good reason for thinking Alzheimer's research has a chance to do something good." I can't tell you why doing research on Alzheimer's "has a chance to help the factors that in reality are not Alzheimer's but simply a collection of factors that affect people in certain ways?" because, once again, I haven't the foggiest idea what you are talking about. Yours in perplexity Simon ********************************************************************** Contributions: bourdieu-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu Commands: majordomo-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu Requests: bourdieu-approval-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
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