tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31439825.post364661026361876729..comments2023-04-15T06:37:42.992-07:00Comments on Engage: Conversations in Philosophy: Leftist Faith: Kolakowski on Religious Feeling at the End of DaysJoseph Oroscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04950358209722798820noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31439825.post-55099965911249104842009-08-02T21:15:57.512-07:002009-08-02T21:15:57.512-07:00:: ...they are expressed, more or less clumsily, a...<i>:: ...they are expressed, more or less clumsily, as metaphysical riddles. There is in them no stuff for 'proving' anything if 'to prove' retains the sense it usually has in scientific procedures. Indeed, inserted as links into a chain of reasoning they usually look poor and unconvincing. ::</i><br /><br />One of my SySc profs, Martin Zwick, would argue that the apparent split between religious feeling and science is a characteristic of only <i>reductionist</i> science, and that one of the advantages of systems-based science is that it produces a metaphysics <a href="http://www.sysc.pdx.edu/Faculty/Zwick/research.html#Systems%20Philosophy" rel="nofollow">systems that bridges the two.</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com