tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246295769776967275.post4784988618491579528..comments2023-12-22T00:52:34.146-08:00Comments on The World of Dr. Justice: Updates re the language of RealismDavid Justicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12586387386542720405noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246295769776967275.post-32070575440319600202011-03-08T18:07:33.156-08:002011-03-08T18:07:33.156-08:00No, the author meant that, though viruses (or &quo...No, the author meant that, though viruses (or "germs" generally; he may or may not have the chronology right) were initially explanatory *posits*, like quarks, and like quarks, initially unobserved in the naive sense of "visibilia", subsequently (with the invention of the electron microscope) these logically posited objects actually became visible.<br />When, someday, we may enter the presence of the Adonai, we might behold His chandelier in the shape of E8. Then that would provide an additional example.David Justicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2246295769776967275.post-64956409253862149342011-03-08T17:50:11.989-08:002011-03-08T17:50:11.989-08:00the virus theory of disease provides a counter-mod...<i>the virus theory of disease provides a counter-model for realists.</i><br /><br />What does this mean? Are viruses an "eliminable" concept in epidemiology?Pyesetz the Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940440231254362159noreply@blogger.com