A pragmatic affair

By JLS
for the GC

--- J in comment on "Process and Conversation": "the politics of the science establishment is not strictly a semantic or syntactic affair".

-- A pragmatic affair. Cfr. this from wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-standard_cosmology#cite_note-cosmologystatement-0

--- and that's just ONE example -- imagine the pragmatic affair in other realms!

"Today, heterodox non-standard cosmologies are generally
considered unworthy of consideration by cosmologists
while many of the historically significant nonstandard cosmologies
are considered to have been falsified. The essentials of the big bang theory have been confirmed by a wide range of complementary and detailed observations, and no non-standard cosmologies have reproduced the range of successes of the big bang model. Speculations about alternatives are not normally part of research or pedagogical discussions except as object lessons or for their historical importance. An open letter started by some remaining advocates of non-standard cosmology has affirmed that: "today, virtually all financial and experimental resources in cosmology are devoted to big bang studies...." [1]online -- 1.^ An Open Letter to the Scientific Community"

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(With Grice it's all different. Even with books like S. Davis (I love him!), "The Failure of Grice" -- I would NOT have a problem to join the Davis club, either!).