At 08:03 AM 9/15/2005, Mccarrick, Alan D CIV NSWCCD Philadelphia, 9212 wrote:
>"...there are those self proclaimed spokesmen for scientism like Sagan,
>Gould, and Dawkins...."
### And let's not forget this guy:
"Origin of man now proved. -- Metaphysics must flourish. - He who
understands baboon would do more toward Metaphysics than Locke." ---
[Charles] Darwin, Notebook M, August 16, 1838
As quoted by Michael T Ghiselin in his book Metaphysics and the Origin of
Species
http://print.google.com/print?id=GS7zerl8_SoC&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&sig=C272OANmGDlPogTUVpY3ufWOAIc
Dictionary:
Metaphysics: 1. a. (1): A division of philosophy that includes ontology
and cosmology (2): philosophy made up of ontology and epistemology (3):
Ontology b: the more abstruce philosophical sciences.
A priori speculation upon questions that are unanswerable to scientific
observation, analysis, or experiment.
~ Janice :) --- who just got back in town for a brief period.
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