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>On Fri, 07 Mar 1997 08:47:56 -0500, Brian D Harper wrote:
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>>SJ>Where did I say that "MN has nothing to do with whether nature is all
>>there is"? A feature of Brian's posts is that he often subtly
>>re-words what I say. If I am not careful, I find myself defending
>>terminology that Brian has inserted into the debate. I would suggest
>>to Brian that he do what I do and quote his opponents *actual
>>words*, not a paraphrase of what he thinks they said.
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>BH>Sigh.....
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>>Okay, here are your actual words:
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>>From: "Stephen Jones" <sejones@ibm.net>
>>To: "evolution@ursa.calvin.edu" <evolution@ursa.calvin.edu>
>>Date: Tue, 18 Feb 97 19:31:20 +0800
>>Reply-To: "Stephen Jones" <sejones@ibm.net>
>>Priority: Normal
>>Subject: Re: a couple of questions
>>Sender: owner-evolution@udomo.calvin.edu
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>>BH>The difference is that "the principle that science can study only
>>>the things that are accessible to its instruments and techniques"
>>>has nothing to do with whether "nature is all there is".
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>>SJ>Agreed. But Brian needs to read a bit more carefully. I only said
>>that methodological naturalists "must *ASSUME* that
>>nature is all there is in doing science."
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>SJ>How does Brian get:
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>BH>"MN has nothing to do with whether nature is all there is"
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>from
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>SJ>methodological naturalists "must *ASSUME* that nature is all
>>there is in doing science."?
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Terribly sorry, Steve. My fault entirely.
I wrote:
>>>The difference is that "the principle that science can study only
>>>the things that are accessible to its instruments and techniques"
>>>has nothing to do with whether "nature is all there is".
And you wrote "Agreed".
For some reason I re-interpreted this to mean that you agreed
with what I wrote. Tell me, just what was it you were agreeing
with?
Brian Harper
Associate Professor
Applied Mechanics
The Ohio State University
"Because there's no primordial soup;
we all know that, right?" -- Leo Buss