An educational angle we all could live with? (Philosophy of Science)

The philosophy of science is philosophy. Yes it is about science practices, but is not itself science. In any good discussion of science the methodology is presented, with the scientific method, the principles of falsifiability and parsimony (occam's razor), and the reliance on objective experimental testing and independent repeatability of results.Perhaps some emphasis should be put on the logic and validity of types of conclusions, just as there should be on the use and misuse of maths.The wikipedia article looks like it has had several edits done by IDists, imho, and as an open source is not necessarily a good resource for a topic, especially as a single source. Google will also take you to several sites that are {ID\creationist}; this should not be too much of a surprise, because ID is philosophy.I have used wikipedia myself, but always with a little caution.please note that you can also look at The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science website for some other (unbiased?) information on this topic
http://www3.oup.co.uk/phisci/scope/default.html
http://bjps.oupjournals.org/current.dtlI would not be adverse to a class on philosopy of science and logic of rational thought. They might be able to spend a week on ID. {{added by edit from the wikipedia page}}As Albert Einstein puts it, "The supreme goal of all theory is to make the irreducible basic elements as simple and as few as possible without having to surrender the adequate representation of a single datum of experience."Enjoy.This message has been edited by RAZD, 05*15*2005 05:14 PM

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