Replying to LO26449 --
> ... if his intent is NOT to probe his knowledge in a carefully designed
>experiment so that his own system of knowledge can grow as an outcome,
>THEN
>I would say that this poor man has fallen is the trap I called
>'scientific dogma'. Other names for what I am trying to say are welcome.
Dear Winfried and others,
If we follow the above comment, we have to agree that sometimes people are
not inclined to make their knowledge grow. At those times, they may simply
be interested in performing some action, declaring some intent, expressing
an emotion, taking some rest, etc. However, this also implies that there
could be other times when people are more inclined to work on their
knowledge.
Therefore, what I see is not necessarily a 'trap', but a specific venue to
locate their conversations, or a 'conversational niche' (a new concept I
am exploring at the moment). However, the venue might become a trap if the
person cannot step out of it. To conclude, I would be happy to see some
help to people who wish to step out from one conversational niche to enter
another. I suspect, this kind of help is as rare within science as it is
outside. There, I am with you.
Love.
DP
Dr. D. P. Dash
India
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