RE: Real Science (was Re: serious)

If the data that makes up the subject matter in the social sciences could, in principle, be all collected by purely physical devices, then social science can be totally reduced to physics. I do not believe the latter. Social sciences must include aspects of reality that are non-physical. Ergo my comment. I do not know about Peter Berger---just looked him up in google. My comment is so obvious that I do not know how to convince you.

Moorad

        -----Original Message-----
        From: John W Burgeson [mailto:jwburgeson@juno.com]
        Sent: Thu 1/8/2004 2:51 PM
        To: Alexanian, Moorad
        Cc: asa@calvin.edu
        Subject: Re: Real Science (was Re: serious)
        
        

>>The data collected in the social sciences cannot be collected, in
        principle, by purely physical devices. >>
        
        Try that peculiar argument on -- say -- Peter Berger.
        
        I, for one, see no merit to the claim. Can you defend it?
        
        Burgy
        
        www.burgy.50megs.com/shadows.htm (Into the Shadows)
        
        
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Received on Thu Jan 8 16:51:17 2004