jbml thln 94a unfortunately the greater motivation
FOR
THESE CAMOUFLAGE
MANOEUVRES IS NOT
TO ACHIEVE INTELLECTUAL LEGIMACY,
BUT RATHER TO ACQUIRE LEGAL FORCE.
SCIENCE AND DEMOCRACY HAVE AN UNDERLYING CONNECTION
IN THEIR COMMON DOMAIN OF APPLICATION TO MATTERS THAT ARE PUBLICLY OBSERVABLE,
AND SO THE PROMOTION OF PRIVATE EXPERIENCE AS SHARED, PUBLIC, SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE BECOMES THE KEY TO ITS ADMISSIBILITY AS THE BASIS FOR LAW.
THIS CONNECTION OF SCIENCE AND DEMOCRACY LEADS TO MY
(ml's) THIRD CONCERN, WHICH ALSO ADDRESSES YOUR QUESTION:
"How is science something separate?" ALTHOUGH IT'S DOMAIN OF APPLICATION IS LIMITED,
SCIENTIFIC MODELS ARE UNQUESTIONABLY SUCCESSFUL AT "EXPLAINING THE WORLD," MEANING THAT
A "WELL-ESTABLISHED THEORY" PROVIDES ANSWERS TO SCIENTIFICALLY MEANINGFUL QUESTIONS THAT DO NOT DEVIATE
IN A SIGNIFICANT WAY FROM DIRECT EMPIRICAL OBSERVATION. THUS, BEARING IN MIND
THESE LIMITATIONS AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY CAVEATS,
THE PREDICTIONS MADE BY A WELL-ESTABLISHED
THEORY CAN BE REGARDED
AS KNOWLEDGE, WITH NO
LESS CERTAINTY THAN
DIRECT, SHARED
EXPERIENCE.
Asih, man, 80 jaar
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