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Sat 23 Feb, 2008 04:43 am
I started this search under the assumption that I could give good evidence to support a clear necessary and sufficient condition for any domain of knowledge to be judged a science. After searching Google and scratching my head I have decided that the question "What is science?" is, in fact, a value judgment.
Is value an abstract idea?
Is this question "what is science?" a matter of fact or a matter of value judgment?
Buy avocados a week before you need them.
do avocados really exist?
If no one hears an avocado ripen in the forest does it really ripen?
One probably selects the avocado one wishes by phronesis [GK], which means "informed practical knowledge." It is a current thesis (Kathryn Montgomery and others) that physicians assist their patients by using phronesis, AFTER they have learned a lot of necessary hard science in school. The longer a physician practices, the more adept with phronesis he/she is.
when is the proper time to dig up avocado tubers?
The full moon, and remember to bring your dowsing stick.
I have a dog for avocado dowsing.
It's like the sound of one avocado ripening.
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