The Wager (Re: Interview with Noam Chomsky by Radio B92,Belgrade (fwd)

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Tue Sep 18 11:42:51 PDT 2001


Ian Murray wrote:
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> Historical knowledge is never independent of all agents ethical
> preferences

I think this is an empty proposition, but perhaps I simply don't understand it. The only content I could give to it is something like "Knowledge is never independent of knowledge."

Carrol

; indeed alot of history is made as a result of agents
> ethical preferences. The independence assumption of 'historical
> methods' is too problematic to be of use at this juncture.
>
> Ian



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