buffy and "empiricism"

Charles Brown CharlesB at CNCL.ci.detroit.mi.us
Tue Feb 23 13:39:14 PST 1999



>>> Paul Henry Rosenberg <rad at gte.net> 02/23/99 03:52PM >>
Still, what did make my argument more empirical is that I was talking about SPECIFICS, about one particular program that I can discuss with a fair degree of familiarity, having seen virtually every episode. _________________

Charles: The empircism of an argument is not defined by its level of specificity. It is defined by the level of objectivity of evidence supporting the argument. Most science seeks to establish valid empirical GENERALIZATIONS, not empirical specifics. What Paul means here is that he might be able to make more accurate empirical generalizations about the specific show, because he saw almost every episode.

Charles Brown



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