Re: [asa] I need some assistance evaluating a concept

I'm getting Campbell's book through our interlibrary loan.
(My favorite gov't resource.)
Thanks.

To those who wonder if I might have some Greater Agenda,
it is only to understand the broader field.
-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Venema [mailto:Dennis.Venema@twu.ca]
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 02:10 PM
To: drsyme@cablespeed.com, ''ASA''
Subject: Re: [asa] I need some assistance evaluating a concept

Collin, I further Steve?s suggestion to ?pick up and read? on this subject. I?ll second his recommendation for Collins; Darryl Falk?s book Coming to Peace With Science is also good.

Perhaps picking up a copy of an introductory biology textbook (for non majors) and reading through it may be useful as well. Campell?s Biology: Concepts and Connections isn?t bad.

dennis

On 5/30/08 9:36 AM, "drsyme@cablespeed.com" <drsyme@cablespeed.com> wrote:

Gotta agree with Steve here. The way this question was worded makes me think that either you have a very different understanding of what those two terms mean than I do, or, you have some underlying agenda that is not spelled out.

On Fri May 30 9:56 , "Stephen Matheson" sent:

1. No, they're not the same thing.
2. They're not the same, not even close. All science "comes with a set of assmumptions."
3. Yes, there's some other relationship. It's similar to the relationship between developmental biology and molecular biology.
4. There's nothing wrong with your terminology, as far as I can tell, but again it's not clear what you're trying to understand.

If you are at the point that you think the two are the same thing, then you are quite confused about one or both. And if you think that "a set of assumptions" is a distinctive feature of evolutionary biology, then I urge you to read Ratzsch or some other introduction to the philosophy of science. Have you read Collins' book, The Language of God? It might help here as well.

Steve Matheson

>>> "Collin Brendemuehl" <collinb@brendemuehl.net <javascript:top.opencompose('collinb@brendemuehl.net','','','')> > 05/30/08 9:13 AM >>>
What the relationship between Evolutionary Biology and Molecular Biology?

1. Do you see them as the same thing?
or
2. Are they the same, but EB comes with a set of assumptions?
or
3. is there some other relationship
or
4. should I be using some other terminology?

#2 is where I am right now. But I could be wrong and so seek professional help. ;-)

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