<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On 24 April 2013 11:15, BillK <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pharos@gmail.com" target="_blank">pharos@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hmmmm. It seems to me that by relying on empirical observation you<br>
are forced to reject much of human creation.<br>
For example, pretty much all of philosophy, schools of thought and<br>
belief systems. Political theory, ethics and ideologies all have to be<br>
dismissed as unquantifiable.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>I beg to differ.<br><br></div><div>Political theory, ethics and ideologies are well within the camp of empirical observation. So are religions, arts, superstitions, social norms, languages and so forth.<br>
<br></div><div>To study the cultural appreciation of the Monna Lisa or the belief in the Invisible Pink Unicorn or the effect of marxism in European history you need not assess any especially ineffable qualities thereof.<br>
<br>--<br></div><div>Stefano Vaj<br></div></div></div></div>