Ethical foundations of the left

Justin Schwartz jkschw at hotmail.com
Wed Jul 25 13:16:05 PDT 2001



>CB: Perhaps it is that to change one's position immediately in response to
>someone's argument against one is rare, but is less rare in a delayed
>reaction ,over more time, not having to eat crow in front of the person one
>has been arguing with, and ,as you point to, in conjunction with new
>experience which is seen in a different light because of the heated
>argument of the past
>
>
Fair enough. I never said argument doesn't matter. It's part of experience. It's probably necessary, by way of formulating alternatives. Experience then teaches you which ones are live.


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>CB: What's nomological theory of explanation ? Must show a general pattern
>?

Yeah. For Hempel, to explain something is to derive a statement of the event or law to be explained from a univeral law and a statement of the particular circumstances. Thus:

All ravens are black This is a raven This is black

It's supposed to explain why this is black that it is a raven and all ravens are black.

Hempel's "streaking nakedmindedly" award for revealing all one is thinking openly to others ?
>((((((((
>

Sorry to have been cryptic.

--jks

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