In a message dated 9/29/2004 12:22:10 PM Eastern Standard Time,
donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Oxford in its infinite wisdom
decided the cleverest of the bunch were those with a First in
Greats/Classics, and put them on the code-cracking task.
--- Well, as it happens, Grice's example of code-cracking is the Indian
General who said,
Peccavi
meaning to say, "I have sinned",
meaning to say,
"I have Scinde"
-- 'Logic and Conversation' -- so I suppose the Blethley Park people knew
what logic underlies the knowledge of the Classics, etc.
There is a special subject taught in Oxford -- not in the good ole days --,
"The Philosophy of Science". Oxonian philosophers of science include S. E.
Toulmin, and Rom(ano) Harre --.
Magee should not talk so freely about Oxbridge. Cambridge prides herself
with a deep tradition in the Sciences (Comet Haley, Radioactivity, Atomic Bomb,
etc.)
Cheers,
JL
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