Almost everything Michael Ruse says here could be part of a brilliant, Sokal-style hoax on the NYT:http://nyti.ms/1lTUoie
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Replying to @SamHarrisOrg
@SamHarrisOrg In what sense? Sokal misrepresented & misunderstood ideas he tried to satire. Ruse offers legitimate philosophical discussion.1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
Replying to @BernhardIsopp
@hearsaybacktalk Sokal made fun of the kind of rubbish presented here
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@Plinz@SamHarrisOrg Sokal was wholly ignorant of the ideas he tried to lampoon; Ruse discusses legitimate philosophical issues adeptly1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
Replying to @BernhardIsopp
@hearsaybacktalk Yes, that is what you said before. Ruse is trying to pull a Rorty on us, topping it off with Godofthegaps.
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Replying to @BernhardIsopp
@hearsaybacktalk I often disagree with Harris, so I read the interview; crude, naive arguments + postmodernist bs + a few substantial points
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Replying to @BernhardIsopp
@hearsaybacktalk I do not think that it is correct to see "the machine" as a metaphor, or to interpret the sciences hermeneutically.
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@hearsaybacktalk Neither did I say that metaphors are unproductive (especially in popsci books), nor did mention "literal facts"
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