humanities.philosophy.objectivism

On Mar 19, 12:33 pm, Gordon Sollars wrote:
> In article > @f63g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>, fredwe...@papertig.com says...

> > To give David the benefit of the doubt, he seems to be trying to
> > defend "the contextual theory of knowledge", which is true and I of
> > course have done so myself.
>
> Except that David's defense tries to be sensitive to the problems that
> scientific knowledge poses for the "the contextual theory of knowledge".

His try however reduces it to the Popper position which undercuts - in
fact, rejects - both knowledge and science.

That "sensitive" I hope he doesn't want to be.

> > David is not an
> > epistemological nihilist.
>
> Correct - but look where a defense of the contextual theory of knowledge
> leads someone who has some knowledge of science.

Except he is not defending the theory and he steals the same concepts
you do. For one thing he claims to be upholding "knowledge of science"
while denying its possibility at the same time. I at least have some
hope David will see that. There is clearly no hope for you.

Fred Weiss