tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959219.post8255572349596119777..comments2023-05-10T08:55:47.701-07:00Comments on Richard Carrier Blogs: Appearing in TallahasseeRichard Carrierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17577206926510030146noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959219.post-72521966820977520132011-10-07T14:34:08.910-07:002011-10-07T14:34:08.910-07:00Generally, as even Kuhn himself said, almost every...Generally, as even Kuhn himself said, almost everyone who cites "Kuhn" in support of any position, gets entirely wrong what he actually argued. I find that's true. Almost everyone I meet who talks about what Kuhn said, never read Kuhn.Richard Carrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17577206926510030146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959219.post-14955029727899872282011-09-19T02:52:36.868-07:002011-09-19T02:52:36.868-07:00Critics of science have claimed science collapses ...<em>Critics of science have claimed science collapses under the strain of bizarre, insurmountable problems like... cartesian demons</em><br /><br />What? Of course science has limitations and even problems (what doesn't?) but cartesian demons are a strain on science now?? Dear me. It might be a problem in theology (e.g. Christianity) but even there it isn't a deal-breaker.<br /><br /><em>Pikemann Urgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02587558012877707537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36959219.post-48824169303154415702011-09-15T16:37:17.438-07:002011-09-15T16:37:17.438-07:00Great idea of a talk. You can also talk about othe...Great idea of a talk. You can also talk about other things that philosophers of science tie themselves into knots about, and that pseudoscientists exploit, like:<br /><br />* The science / pseudoscience "demarcation problem". Seems to me that pseudoscience may be interpreted as failed science, which I think gets around that problem.<br /><br />* Science as social construction. That Lorenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13984896453534621864noreply@blogger.com