[lbo-talk] The Ontology of Two Chairs (was Reich on sex & religion)

[Etienne]

On Sun, 2005-01-02 at 18:12, Jon Johanning wrote:
> "The realisation that most scientific observations are 
> context-dependent has led some philosophers to argue that science is a 
> social construct which has nothing to do with reality and is solely a 
> matter of human convention. This argument stems from the entirely 
> sensible modern perception that scientific 'truth' is not absolute, but 
> depends upon having some agreed common conceptual framework. However, 
> the belief that science is solely a construct, which by implication 
> could be whatever scientists decided to agree on, is really very silly 

That's certainly true. Has anyone ever adopted this 'very silly'
position? Or is it, in fact, the case that the nebulous 'some
philosophers' actually means 'no philosophers'?

-- 
Tim <tim_boetie at fastmail.fm>