Re: OFF-TOPIC: Non linguistics books by Chomsky
From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
Date: | Sunday, May 23, 2004, 16:15 |
Thomas R. Wier scripsit:
> If these theoretical positions are being promoted for less than
> purely scientifically motivated reasons,
While I agree with your posting in general, I think it's worth noting
that the reasons why people believe scientific theories are strictly
irrelevant to their truth. Physics and biology do not stand or fall
on the questions of whether Newton was a nut and Mendel a fraudster.
--
John Cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com www.ccil.org/~cowan www.reutershealth.com
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