on 1/31/01 6:42 PM, Bryan C at kirk728@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 1. Then the same would apply to positivism. The fact that it kills
> itself would demonstrate its validity. I am saying that in conceding
> F to be the absolute fact other than a theory would make it implode.
Right. It proves that given a particular functioning the project contradicts
its goals. In order to do immanent critique you first grant a premise as
true in order to demonstrate how it undermines itself.
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Asher Haig ahaig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Dartmouth 2004
> 1. Then the same would apply to positivism. The fact that it kills
> itself would demonstrate its validity. I am saying that in conceding
> F to be the absolute fact other than a theory would make it implode.
Right. It proves that given a particular functioning the project contradicts
its goals. In order to do immanent critique you first grant a premise as
true in order to demonstrate how it undermines itself.
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Asher Haig ahaig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Dartmouth 2004