Re: more squiggly lines

["John Gelles" <johng@xxxxxxxxxx>]

    Well said. Let's all vote for this. The connection
    between Newton and Stiglitz is too abstract, re-
    mote and uncertain to win the support of philo-
    sophers, scientists, economists or laymen for or
    against the latter's currently proposed reforms.

    Gelles

----- Original Message -----
From: John Vertegaal <vertegaa@xxxxxxxxx>
To: POST KEYNESIAN THOUGHT <pkt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: more squiggly lines



Doesn't this entire discussion reduce to the fact that man and thus
science, is limited to seek the truth following induced axioms;
while Gunnar's argument is that the (usually implicit) axioms are
neither "facts" nor knowable, thus throwing everything into doubt?
  If so, then it may be more productive to challenge economists on
what assumptions their assertions are based on; and question their
relevance, instead of invoking Newton and/or Einstein on this PKT
forum.

John V