--- On Mon, 22/12/08, cblists@xxxxxxxx <cblists@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: cblists@xxxxxxxx <cblists@xxxxxxxx> > Subject: [lit-ideas] Some years ago ... > The 'some' years are, to be precise, how many? And > what made this concert so significant? 200. Premiere of Beethoven's 5th (inter alia) and/or last time B performs as a concerto soloist and/or theatre runs out of ice cream at interval. Btw, back to my previous post, since the fact something is a valid UG can never show it reflects a 'natural law' rather than a contingency (i.e. its 'law-_like_ness' can never logically prove its 'law-ness'), to claim something reflects a structural aspect of the universe requires a faith that what one examines reflects some underlying structural necessity - and therefore T-claims must, even where they can be grounded in some kind of UG, require a faith of some sort that goes beyond the evidence. T-claims are expressions of a sort of metaphysical faith in some kind of underlying metaphysical structures to reality. Also recommend people look at the brief discussion of Popper in Oxford's 'The Philosophy of Science' in its 'Short Introductions' series. It's truly pathetic and indicates that the academy is still recruiting from the ranks of intellectual plankton. Donal Bah ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html