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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (40385)6/13/1999 4:45:00 PM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 108807
 
science is as objective as we can make it.

Precisely.

Not objective. Merely as objective as we can make it.

But for Aquinas, for example, theology is as objective as he can make it, too.

Art critics might argue that art criticism is as objective as we can make it.

It is a matter of degree, not kind.

Thank you for making my point for me. <g>



To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (40385)6/13/1999 6:00:00 PM
From: Ish  Respond to of 108807
 
<<There's more to the story than that. The temperature scale is defined at the two common phase transitions of water - >>

Just for poops and grins I would like to add water reaches it's maximum density at 39 degrees and loses it as it warms or cools. Thus density and liquidity have nothing in common as far as water is concerned.


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