tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post3664191387166061746..comments2024-02-29T03:57:00.088-05:00Comments on The Mermaid's Tale: Metaphysics in science, Part V: Is 'risk' real or metaphysical?Anne Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-22939298496524938532012-05-03T16:41:03.906-04:002012-05-03T16:41:03.906-04:00The more common name is "transcendental reali...The more common name is "transcendental realism", which seems like an oxymoron at first, but captures quite well the tension in the viewpoint you appear to be espousing. I use the two terms interchangeably when asked what my philosophy of science is.John R. Vokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03822243132435056442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-62502022672037113502012-05-03T14:24:58.991-04:002012-05-03T14:24:58.991-04:00Thanks very much. We'll be interested to see ...Thanks very much. We'll be interested to see it. Then we could see whether we'd prefer the term. But I doubt it, for the reason that it could be seen as pulling the punch, so as not to 'accuse' so much of science of being metaphysical. Since that is the classical (and since the Enlightenment, outre) word that calls things by their real name (even if the psych term is, as it sounds on its face more accurately descriptive)Ken Weisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02049713123559138421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-63022598384647669902012-05-03T13:56:12.694-04:002012-05-03T13:56:12.694-04:00I don't know how useful this article will be t...I don't know how useful this article will be to you, but I have often found it useful when exploring the themes you have been discussing here. I also prefer Donald Campbell's term for this viewpoint: fallibilist realism.<br /><br />Implications for psychology of the new philosophy of science.<br />Manicas, Peter T.; Secord, Paul F.<br />American Psychologist, Vol 38(4), Apr 1983, 399-413. doi: 10.1037/0003-066X.38.4.399John R. Vokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03822243132435056442noreply@blogger.com