eliminatively yours,
Ian
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> [mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]On Behalf Of Carrol Cox
> Sent: Saturday, June 19, 1999 5:39 PM
> To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
> Subject: Re: katie roiphe
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> kelley wrote:
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> > carrol, are you getting all empiricist and positvist on me?
> >
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> I interpret empiricism as the belief that facts carry their own meaning.
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> I interpret positivism as the belief that meaning exists only in
> the facts.
>
> I do not consider a belief that theories should have some contact
> with empirical reality to be either empiricism or positivism. Reality
> cannot be cancelled with a label.
>
> Carrol
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