Positivism and Realism

[Hong Lam Vu <vuh000@goofy.zdv.Uni-Mainz.de>]

Hi ca'c ba'c,

Tui nghe no'i Mr Hilary Putnam dda~ vuo+.t qua positivism. Thuye^'t cu?a
o^ng go.i la` realism. Trong cuo^.c tranh lua^.n giu+~a Stephan Hawking
va` Roger Penrose tre^n American Scientific tha'ng 7.96, Hawking tu+.
nha^.n la` positivist, va` labeled Penrose la` Platonist, song Penrose
ba'c bo? va` tu+. nha^.n la` realist.

Ba'c na`o co' bie^'t ve^` thuye^'t cu?a Putnam xin ke^? la.i cho anh em
vo+'i. Tui da.o na`y pha?i tra? ba`i cho tha`y ne^n kho^ng co' thi` gio+`
ti`m hie^?u trong thu+ vie^.n. Thank yuo in advance.

Cheers,
Hong Lam.


On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, Aiviet Nguyen wrote:

> Hi Anh Tie^'n,
> According to the positivists, there is nothing inside only shells of the 
> corn.
>   I have no ideas against or pro this, just would like to mention that most
> modern physicists are positivists.
>  Cheers
>  Aiviet
>