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From: jeff@alberta.UUCP (C. J. Sampson)
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Subject: Re: Mind and Brain
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Date: Wed, 27-Jun-84 18:14:42 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 27 18:14:42 1984
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>Ok, Mr. Moffett let's discuss this idea of yours that concepts
>invented by Greeks are to be taken with agrain of salt. I agree.
>So let me paraphrase your contentions by quoting Aristotle, and
>I invite you to take yourself with a grain of salt:

>"Show me these atoms of yours, Leucippus!"

>(By means of this wonderfully scientific argument, Aristotle discredited
>the atomic model of matter effectively until Rutherford). I don't
>mean to insist you are wrong, Mr. Moffett, but may I point out that
>your scientific rigor is suspect?

I am sure that there were people saying exactly the same thing when
people decided that perhaps stones didn't fall faster just because
they were heavier.  Keep in mind that people such as Galliao (sp?)
also happened to discredit Aristotle for the indefinite future.
Perhaps they shouldn't have spoken out against an old Greek?

I'm not trying to say that I agree with Mr. Moffett, but I question
the validity of Mr. Kapetansky's opinion on this.  Perhaps it is
*he* who is discrediting science.
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