tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074683.post8168717825059011466..comments2024-03-23T07:33:30.972+00:00Comments on Quodlibeta: First Review of God’s PhilosophersJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01594220073836613367noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074683.post-77757793187936988532009-07-18T22:54:02.021+01:002009-07-18T22:54:02.021+01:00Matthew,
That is one of the more recent examples...Matthew, <br /><br />That is one of the more recent examples, but there are many others. One story I like is that of Ignatz Semmelweis, who began using antisepsis two full decades before Pasteur published his germ theory. <br /><br />Unfortunately, Semmelweis's emphasis on cleanliness and that there was only one underlying cause for hospital infection went down like a lead balloon among his peers who attributed infection to many different and unrelated causes. <br /><br />So they labeled him a charlatan, had him fired from his job at the maternity clinic in the Vienna General Hospital and then drove him out of Vienna. Eventually they even had him committed. What wonderful, rational people scientists can be sometimes.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18319161892002614759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074683.post-33270266935656920402009-07-18T19:28:41.222+01:002009-07-18T19:28:41.222+01:00Karl,
you mean when the scientific community didn&...Karl,<br />you mean when the scientific community didn't want to accept the discovery for which Marshall and Warren received the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2005, namely peptic ulcer are caused by the bacteria helicobacter pylori (it was believed that bacteria can't survive in digestive acid)?<br />The story is interesting because Marshall or Warren infected himself with those bacteria, instantly got ill and then healed his own disease, which proved them right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074683.post-59057135611823192632009-07-18T12:17:07.134+01:002009-07-18T12:17:07.134+01:00I hope next review will be made by a trained histo...I hope next review will be made by a trained historian. Despite the "Philosophers" in its title, James' book is basically about <i>history</i> of science.Turoldusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074683.post-59753585426901006842009-07-17T22:28:53.510+01:002009-07-17T22:28:53.510+01:00I'm surprised Grayling wasn't the first to...I'm surprised Grayling wasn't the first to review God's Philosophers.Knowing Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5074683.post-17657516057000457912009-07-17T21:53:50.725+01:002009-07-17T21:53:50.725+01:00Well, at least Mrs. Power is more fair and balance...Well, at least Mrs. Power is more fair and balanced in her review than some people are. Although I wonder what would happen if someone pointed out discredited forms of pseudo-science that some of the materialist/atheist scientists have peddled over the last century or two? Or the mainstream scientific community holding back certain scientific developments in various fields?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18319161892002614759noreply@blogger.com