On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 05:20:00PM -0700, Jan Coffey wrote: > > Do you consider yourself a Positivist?
If I say no, will you think negatively of me? :-) Ummm, wait while I look it up (I've heard it before but I don't really know what it means, I'm quite ignorant on a lot of philosophy, in fact, despited my 3 letter designation I can't remember having ever read a philosophy book) [side note: on dictionary.com they had the ad: "If you love someone who has Schizophrenia...you're not alone." ] positivist adj : of or relating to positivism; "positivist thinkers"; "positivist doctrine"; "positive philosophy" [syn: positivistic, positive] n : someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes [syn: rationalist] Tentatively, I'd say yes based on that definition but I'm not really happy with it. I wouldn't describe my thought that way off-hand. I don't like the ambiguity of "speculation about origins or ultimate causes". Maybe that is philosophical jargon and actually means something specific, but to me it is a little vauge. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
