Re: BHA: Mainstream Philosophy of Science

["Tobin Nellhaus" <nellhaus@xxxxxxx>]

> I took Tobin's comment to mean that Bhaskar's message, hence his
> audience, has been perceived to be Left. True.

Yes, and also that a good number of his early essays were published in
explicitly leftist journals (e.g. New Left Review, Radical Philosophy) or
written for socialist-oriented conferences.  So he often sought specifically
leftist audiences.  And even though I'm far from happy with FEW (sorry
Mervyn), it still upholds a connection between a philosophy of science and a
progressive political agenda.

(I have less sense of who he feels is his audience today.  Actually, my
sense is that "audience" is not really on his mind at all anymore.  Which --
if true -- has its drawbacks, but maybe allows him to pursue his ideas
wherever they might lead, and without worrying about what other philosophers
are saying.  But I certainly could be mistaken.)

Re "pluriverses", I was under the understanding that the theory of multiple
universes derives from the "Copenhagen" interpretation of quantum mechanics,
which is rife with positivist and irrealist assumptions.  No?

T.

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