tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post4233634341669043800..comments2024-03-14T08:15:15.207-07:00Comments on CADRE Comments: What's the big idea?BKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967809861892681780noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-4318155869529618412009-01-08T18:10:00.000-08:002009-01-08T18:10:00.000-08:00that tendency preceded the postmodern. It's direct...that tendency preceded the postmodern. It's directly the result of the reductionist types in science. The advent of emotivism in ethics and positivism in philosophy was to reduce philosophy to a servant fo science that just does the sweeping up (reference to A.J. Ayer's statement that philosophy clears the way for science by cleaning up the clutter--the "clutter" being metaphysics).Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.com