Rudi quotes Radler:

> This makes science the one human activity that seeks knowledge in an
> organized way.

This as well as the remainder of the quoted selection sounds an
awful lot like Dewey's, "Logic: The Theory of Inquiry."  (which comes
to mind probably because I am in the midst of a year long course of
studying the book).

Dewey suggests that logic, scientific method, methodology,
organized inquiry, whatever pushes your buttons, is a natural
consequence of our  interaction with the environment and our ability
to have an impact upon the same.  Organized inquiry, however, is
not limited to matters of scientific sense.  Good inquiries using
common sense or moral sense are also organized in a manner
derived from our biological nature.

Quite predictably, however, whether the senses be common or
scientific, some inquiries are better organized than others.


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                Simon

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