Date: Tue, 9 Apr 96 08:04:27 GMT
Subject: Re: theories, piece-meal approach to science




I won't include Lisa's entire post, but I agree with it all.

I wrote :

> I think that "piecemeal and proud" , if it is elevated to the status 
> of a pre existing mental framework in order to disallow "framework 
> theories" , is basically another way of saying "post modernism" , ie
> an intellectualised way of retreating from both science and social change.
> ( Not, I hasten to add, that I am accusing Lisa of this ! )

The last line wasn't an accident.

Adam.

Adam Rose
SWP
Manchester
UK


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