species concepts (this is long!)

[John Grehan]

In regard to comments by Jeff Oliver

At 11:58 AM 11/24/01 -0700, you wrote:

>What are these other criteria?

I don't have any listing of all other possible criteria. One that comes to 
mind is the generation of novel predictions.


>Witchcraft doesn't really test anything, now does it?

Witchcraft can and has generate testable hypotheses.


>Ha!  Reading some of Sober's work would make one believe the opposite:
>philosophers are folks reining in scientists, reminding scientists what
>science is about (objectivity?).

There appear to be two approaches to philosophy in science - one is to use 
philosophy to determine how scientist should work to be doing 'science', 
the other is to use philosophy to describe or characterize what scientist 
do under the label of 'science'.

John Grehan


 
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