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

Miles Jackson cqmv at pdx.edu
Fri Jan 18 10:38:28 PST 2008


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



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