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Foucault’s Elephant
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2018 7:43 pm
by Philosophy Now
Thomas Morrison looks hard at Michel Foucault’s problem with science.
https://philosophynow.org/issues/127/Foucaults_Elephant
Re: Foucault’s Elephant
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2018 11:19 pm
by A_Seagull
The author states : "The fact that scientific theorizing and scientific concepts go beyond observable experience sits at the very heart of science."
While science can make predictions these can only be verified by 'observable experience'. Hence it is not accurate to claim that 'scientific concepts go beyond observable experience'.
Re: Foucault’s Elephant
Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2018 2:25 am
by Impenitent
the fact that an event has occurred in the past is no guarantee that it will happen again in the future...
-Imp