The playwright Arthur Miller remarked that Protestantism was a large factor in preventing social revolution in the US during and after the 1930s Great Depression. The doctrine of Sola Fide had its hand in the origins of modern science, philosophy and psychopathology. "Average" because it's what Willy Loman could not say of himself, "Protestant" because it's the root of most of what I feel interested to write about, well or badly.
Thursday, 14 November 2013
"How To Believe" - Guardian, Liz Williams
This series in the Guardian is good to see.
Huge need for thinking.
Liz Williams put in 5 short pieces on Karl Popper "The Enemy of Certainty".
I've now got a big crush on Ms Williams, witch and SF writer.
(Hey Liz! Please get in touch!)
I was so pleased to see her emphasising that Popper's attempt at demarcation between science and pseudo-science (simultaneously denying the logical positivist doctrine of verification) was not casting the pseudo-science out. His work allows for rigour and meaningfulness in "pseudo-scientific" theory. Indeed he leaves us realising that metaphysical underpinnings are there in science no less than in other theory. He preserves the metaphysical and smashes positivism! Yay!
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