tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post5578637591970886392..comments2024-03-28T08:57:53.180+00:00Comments on Darwinian Conservatism by Larry Arnhart: Lawlessness in Biology and the Social SciencesLarry Arnharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619785331100785170noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-45544014078192757182011-01-11T19:12:20.867+00:002011-01-11T19:12:20.867+00:00You should read the work of philosopher Ruth Milli...You should read the work of philosopher Ruth Millikan. She has been arguing for several decades now that psychology is a branch of biology, especially her article "Thoughts Without Laws."Empedocleshttp://apoxonbothyourhouses.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-41199289876355324762010-12-30T07:26:09.071+00:002010-12-30T07:26:09.071+00:00Well, I would point to Mises' Human Action as ...Well, I would point to Mises' Human Action as one source. I also make an argument for laws of complexity in my book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Diaphysics-Troy-Earl-Camplin/dp/0761846484/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1293693876&sr=8-1" rel="nofollow">Diaphysics</a>. Of course, the laws of complexity are more like strange attractors than vectors -- but that's the nature of complexity, is it not?Troy Camplinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16515578686042143845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-84631585294328032392010-12-29T23:26:27.057+00:002010-12-29T23:26:27.057+00:00The social sciences are certainly not science, and...The social sciences are certainly not science, and cannot stand up to the scrutiny of the scientific method. Instead, these fields of studies are catechisms of the left's faith-based ideology.<br /><br />E.O. Wilson wrote in Consilience about the melding of these disciplines into a coherent, scientific, and reductionist approach, even after getting a pitcher of water dumped on his head. But the fact of the matter is that the left, when confronted with science that conflicts with their ideology, simply accuses the heretic of being a reductionist (code word for an idiot).<br /><br />I am afraid that those in control of the social sciences want nothing to do with science. Instead, I think that we will see in time with continued progress in the biological sciences, and that the social sciences will either have to join the party or fade into irrelevance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com