I seem to have a gift for being drawn into trenchant conversations. The latest involves the usefulness of philosophy of science: I stated: …normative PoS has little bearing on what we (a geotechnical engineering consulting firm) do. This worries me a bit. LolaWalser, asked: Why does this worry you? I think that the philosophy of science should work to advance the sciences and, in turn, the sciences should take methodological recommendations (in part) from PoS. I see problems in both directions. I worry that philosophers, with some important exceptions, do not perform the requisite work to bring PoS into the […]
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