[escepticos] Re: Interesante

[Jose-Luis Mendívil]

El 16/10/2008, a las 21:24, Pedro J. Hdez escribió:

> Most scientists also can't properly say what distinguishes science
> from pseudoscience, say what a fact is, give a satisfying rendition of
> what a theory is, etc. The problem is that Mr. Williams can't do it
> either, because there is no agreement on these knotty matters. He
> seems to think these are simple and settled questions. But finding
> adequate criteria that separate science from pseudoscience, the
> so-called Demarcation Problem, remains an unsettled question in the
> philosophy of science. It is so difficult, and possibly so fruitless,
> that many philosophers have ceased to be concerned with it. Similarly,
> what is a "fact"?...
>
> A wag once commented (and I have quoted here often) that to expect a
> scientist to understand the philosophy of science is like expecting a
> fish to understand hydrodynamics. I guess the same thing goes for
> science educators, although it is less excusable. Mr. Williams seems
> to be under the impression that these extremely difficult foundational
> issues are settled and should be common knowledge for all scientists.

Ese fulano sabe de qué habla. La ciencia que estudia qué es la  
ciencia es notablemente menos satisfactoria que la ciencia.  
Afortunadamente, que no sepamos cómo sabemos no evita que sepamos.  
Qué sueño.

Un saludo:

José Luis