Re: Epistemology 201: The Science of Science
From: robert j. kolker (nowhere_at_nowhere.net)
Date: 02/11/05
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Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 06:50:58 -0500
Albert wrote:
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> There is great regularity in the behaviour of Nature. What is often and
> properly referred to as 'natural law' is the regulatory mechanism that
> was functioning in Nature long before Man came on the scene.
The "regulatory mechanism" is an intellectual artifact used to explain
facts. Nature provides the dots. Humans connect them.
> Science is what Man does when he observes, names and measures that regularity in
> Nature's behaviour. Math gives Man tools for measuring. The purpose of
> all this is to be able to predict how the regulatory mechanism will
> behave when we intervene.
Theories predict what will be observed under given conditions.
Bob Kolker
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