Slothrop
Tight but Polite
Backpedalling a little
Yes (well, maybe, given the subsequent discussion, and not really the point I was making), but AP doesn't deny that it should be held up to the standards of a science. Since the 'standards of a science' are broadly speaking a way of checking that something that you claim applies to the real world actually does apply to the real world, is there a reason that I should act on (say) a CP critique of consumer capitalism?johneffay said:Oddly, I seem to find myself in the role of defender of AP, but I feel it only fair to point out that you will not find a single analytic philosopher (and not many continental philosophers) who does not think that AP has profound concrete political/cultural implications.