tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post6823607793763841072..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: Peter Klein Doesn't Grasp the History of Sciencegcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-28405576497184457732012-03-08T08:55:44.347-05:002012-03-08T08:55:44.347-05:00Great post. I take a strange pleasure in seeing th...Great post. I take a strange pleasure in seeing the usual suspects trot out their references to the physical sciences, not necessarily grasping what that might entail. <br /><br />On evolution, I would note that Darwin and Wallace managed to establish a pretty solid account of things despite their ignorance of genetics. (Google "pangenesis" kids!)<br /><br />Actually, on the subject of genetics, Mendel managed pretty handily even though he knew nothing about DNA...Grant McDermotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11868318397832070394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-64294530992311032142012-03-08T08:19:33.387-05:002012-03-08T08:19:33.387-05:00I really think Gene's right here although I se...I really think Gene's right here although I see a clear case for methodological dualism. I just think that this is only a matter of the impossibility of performing controlled experiments anywhere near the degree as it is possible in natural sciences.<br /><br />Yet in regard to the relationship between micro and macro I do think they are perfectly analog. In both cases I’d argue that only having macro theories without understanding the micro world brings a certain amount of uncertainty into the viability of the macro theory. You never know if there are variables that under certain circumstances change and maybe wreck your whole macro theory. Those variables might just be triggered through the very intervention that was designed according to a (maybe wrong or incomplete) macro theory.skylienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08160738385436843080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-78433980753925277192012-03-08T00:08:46.658-05:002012-03-08T00:08:46.658-05:00That is what he has done. But earlier he specifica...That is what he has done. But earlier he specifically claimed just the opposite.<br /><br />And, I think it is just as false for social science as it is for physical science.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-91066099276439955122012-03-08T00:04:00.446-05:002012-03-08T00:04:00.446-05:00I imagine Klein will retract his post to applying ...I imagine Klein will retract his post to applying primarily to Social Science.<br /><br />Of course one wonders why he didn't bother to make that clear in his blog post.Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02228934208444865712noreply@blogger.com