tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post8298099441489773151..comments2023-10-10T08:02:18.073-04:00Comments on Rationally Speaking: Stanley Fish, wrong againUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-22960220161236838432008-04-19T20:08:00.000-04:002008-04-19T20:08:00.000-04:00How about "Viva Socal"?How about "Viva Socal"?Kimpatsuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06156184889287692016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-53238965958495557752008-04-18T23:02:00.000-04:002008-04-18T23:02:00.000-04:00Ho hum, not really anything to say about post-mode...Ho hum, not really anything to say about post-modernism. Is there?Sheldonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03743116454273042629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-82251891350206011892008-04-18T18:39:00.000-04:002008-04-18T18:39:00.000-04:00Despite Cal's rantings being a drag, I'm afraid no...Despite Cal's rantings being a drag, I'm afraid not...Kimpatsuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06156184889287692016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-16704161200898427892008-04-17T17:06:00.000-04:002008-04-17T17:06:00.000-04:00Kimpatsu, Are you sure this lecturer wasn't just C...Kimpatsu, Are you sure this lecturer wasn't just Cal in "academic drag"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-69101736434534729062008-04-16T18:52:00.000-04:002008-04-16T18:52:00.000-04:00@Me:It's classic postmodernist doublethink. I get ...@Me:<BR/>It's classic postmodernist doublethink. I get the impressio nthat he's saying that because he comes from the "Western" construct, his car runs on gasoline because he believes it runs on gasoline, but if a Togolese says it runs because of tiny gremlins under the hood, then that is what makes the car go, because the Togolese believes it.<BR/>Yes, it really is that fatuous.Kimpatsuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06156184889287692016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-54032221463179459522008-04-16T16:59:00.000-04:002008-04-16T16:59:00.000-04:00Kimpatsu - amazing that he would respond like that...Kimpatsu - amazing that he would respond like that. If you pressed him I don't see how he could avoid admitting that some interpretations are more useful than others. Forget truth for a moment and focus instead on usefulness. If I wanted to land on the moon what interpretation would be most useful in designing the vehicle?Derek (formerly 'me')https://www.blogger.com/profile/01993249375321760846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-38810059986041140262008-04-15T20:24:00.000-04:002008-04-15T20:24:00.000-04:00Max, it may interest you to know that I recently e...Max, it may interest you to know that I recently exchnaged e-mails with a lecturer from some college in LA, who insisted that my adherence to science was "just another interpretation". So I asked him to clarify: was he really saying that my belief the Moon is made of lunar rock and dust is no more true than the assertion it's made of cheese?<BR/>And he replied "Yes".<BR/>What hope for our children?Kimpatsuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06156184889287692016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-36313248014784401982008-04-14T13:59:00.000-04:002008-04-14T13:59:00.000-04:00In a chapter he wrote for: Koertge, N., Ed. (1998)...In a chapter he wrote for: Koertge, N., Ed. (1998). A House Built on Sand: Exposing Postmodernist Myths About Science. New York, NY, Oxford University Press.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099460671669064269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-50480274347291786102008-04-14T13:23:00.000-04:002008-04-14T13:23:00.000-04:00Curious--where'd you find the Sokal quote? It's a ...Curious--where'd you find the Sokal quote? It's a damn good one.The Uncredible Hallqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09565179884099473943noreply@blogger.com