[FRIAM] What's so bad about Scientism?

[Nick Thompson]

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It’s probably not a belief, either, come to think on it.  

 

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Nicholas S. Thompson

Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology

Clark University

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De gustibus non est disputandum

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On Wed, Jul 11, 2018, 6:50 PM Nick Thompson <nickthompson at earthlink.net <mailto:nickthompson at earthlink.net> > wrote:

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I think it was Quine who said, if it's the kind of thing you have to reason about it's not a value. 

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Nicholas S. Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology
Clark University
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Aha!  That's good to know.  Like deeply parsing Liz Phair lyrics, you *cannot* rely on me to infer what you imply.  I'm just not smart enough.

On 07/11/2018 12:10 PM, Nick Thompson wrote:
> I was making FUN of the trolley game.  I don't want to play it any more than you do!

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