Posted by Reilly Atkinson on July 20, 1999 at 16:17:26:

In Reply to: Re: Misconceptions about "social constructions". posted by P. Richard Hansen on July 19, 1999 at 19:10:06:

Sir:

It is rather difficult to take an ad hominum attack as reflective of a serious intellectual position. So, let me ask a few specific questions, answers to which might allow you to regain the high ground. So that my position is quite clear, I will state that I fully agree with Lauri Grohn's position -- not always the case.
Because of the high value of time and energy, I'll only ask a few questions, and will hope that they are representative of a wider scepticism.

1. How can a social world contain a law of nature?
Let's presume that you mean something like "influence" rather than contain. If so, please let us know why the laws of Night and Day(astronomy) are not relevant to human society.

2. Please cite specific examples of things(sic) that relativity(either special or general) tells us we don't understand.

3. Please explain where are the references to "metric systems"(what ever they are)in Newton's Third Law.

4. Please explain why test marketing experiments are not experiments dealing with the social world.

5. Please explain the social attibutes of the knowledge/info that too much heat applied to creatures causes big time problems.

6. If knowledge is socially constructed,are the neurons and neural processes in people of diferent societies different?

Thank you for your attention.

Reilly Atkinson

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Follow Ups:

• Re: Misconceptions about "social constructions". P. Richard Hansen 17:02:01 7/20/99 (8)
  • Re: Misconceptions about "social constructions". Reilly Atkinson 18:52:00 7/20/99 (7)
    • That book Lauri Gröhn 03:25:29 7/21/99 (1)
      • Re: That book P. Richard Hansen 07:20:47 7/21/99 (0)
    • Re: Misconceptions about "social constructions". P. Richard Hansen 20:17:20 7/20/99 (4)
      • Re: Misconceptions about "social constructions". Reilly Atkinson 19:19:14 7/21/99 (3)
        • Re: Misconceptions about "social constructions". P. Richard Hansen 21:29:50 7/21/99 (2)
          • Re: Misconceptions about "social constructions". Reilly Atkinson 13:07:21 7/22/99 (0)
          • Philosophy of sosiology is not philosophy of... Lauri Grohn 03:11:58 7/22/99 (0)

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