[lbo-talk] Neo-Lamarckianism???? Come on!

[Miles Jackson]

Charles Brown wrote:
> CB: How is this non-scientific ? One makes observations about the texts
> and words. One gathers these facts as evidence, and one proves a theory
> about the meaning and ideas.
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So philosophers 2000 years ago were doing science?  If your definition 
of science is that loose, then sure, all knowledge is based on science.  
--Let's follow this logic further: a hunting and gathering tribe invents 
and passes along from generation to generation knowledge about how to 
make a sturdy fishing net.  Are they doing science?

My point is this: scientific knowledge is a very specific form of 
knowledge that has emerged under very special sociohistorical 
conditions.  Humans in many societies throughout history have created 
and passed along knowledge.  In only some of those societies has that 
knowledge been generated by formal scientific methods.

Miles