Ditch the instrumentalism and embrace pragmatism then.
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Replying to @Psychonothing1 @EmojiPan and
instrumentalism is just pragmatism about science.
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Replying to @cyborg_nomade @Psychonothing1 and
Instrumentalism about science is fine so long as you see its strict limitations. But an overblown instrumentalism will have the same fate as that of logical empiricism. Duhem's critique regarding the underdetermination of theories by data tests alone is still uncontested.
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Replying to @NegarestaniReza @cyborg_nomade and
Reza, how does a philosopher keep track of the relevant science? Do you have a method for that?
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Replying to @demograms @NegarestaniReza and
He selects for compatibility with extant authority.
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Replying to @Outsideness @demograms and
... It can't be long before he realizes what he really wants is Catholicism.
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Replying to @Outsideness @demograms and
Says the anarchist who prefers monarchism.
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Replying to @NegarestaniReza @Outsideness and
This is a very typical political trope: You get so blindly hostile against all kinds of authority--political, epistemic or otherwise--that you end up endorsing monarchy and reveling in crackpot esotericism.
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Replying to @NegarestaniReza @demograms and
Crackpot-epoch Reza was the best Reza.
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No need he uses good old fashion radio.pic.twitter.com/ljPjZNXbU6
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