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Single Idea 6272
[filed under theme 1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism
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Full Idea
Some non-scientific knowledge is presupposed by science; for example, I have been arguing that 'refers' and 'true' cannot be made scientifically precise; yet truth is a fundamental term in logic - a precise science.
Gist of Idea
'True' and 'refers' cannot be made scientically precise, but are fundamental to science
Source
Hilary Putnam (Meaning and the Moral Sciences [1978], Lec VI)
Book Ref
Putnam,Hilary: 'Meaning and the Moral Sciences' [RKP 1981], p.73
A Reaction
We might ask whether we 'know' what 'true' and 'refers' mean, as opposed to being able to use them. If their usage doesn't count as knowledge, then we could still end up with all actual knowledge being somehow 'scientific'.
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12114
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12116
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[Comte]
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14764
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[Peirce]
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[Peirce]
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[Nietzsche]
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14859
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[Nietzsche]
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6117
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[Russell]
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[Neurath]
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23508
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5179
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[Ayer]
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[Quine]
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6267
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A culture needs to admit that knowledge is more extensive than just 'science'
[Putnam]
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'True' and 'refers' cannot be made scientically precise, but are fundamental to science
[Putnam]
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Modern philosophy tends to be a theory-constructing extension of science, but there is also problem-solving
[Nagel]
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All worthwhile philosophy is synthetic theorizing, evaluated by experience
[Papineau]
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7068
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[Critchley]
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20449
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Scientism is the view that everything can be explained causally through scientific method
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14897
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[Ladyman/Ross]
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[Markosian]
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