[lit-ideas] The Vulgar and the Learned
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:04:36 -0400 (EDT)
In a message dated 3/13/2013 3:56:35 A.M. UTC-02, cblitid@xxxxxxxx quotes:
"The
critique of scientism, at least within phenomenology, does not seek to
refute or negate the results of scientific research in the name of
some mystical apprehension of the unity of man and nature, or
whatever; it rather simply insists that science does not provide the
primary and most significant access to a sense of ourselves and the
world."
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This reminds me of
"Notes on "vulgar" and "learned"" -- The Grice Collection, Bancroft
Library, UC/Berkeley.
In these notes, Grice compares the 'vulgar' and the 'learned' with
reference to 'Eddington's Table' and 'the vulgar table'.
Grice's notes suggest that he is HAPPY to accept BOTH the 'vulgar' and the
'learned' description of the table.
There is, he notes, "no conflict... Scientific purposes and everyday
purposes are DISTINCT."
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Grice is advocating philosophical respect for common sense.
He is returning to a theme.
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Cheers,
Speranza
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