More on evolution as doctrine

[Peter Rauch]

On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, john Grehan wrote:
...
> This is followed by the statement that while most of NCSE's
> work involves defending evolution against attacks, it also
> works to increase public understanding of evolution and
> science "as a way of knowing." This seems to me to be an
> implicit view that evolution is a philosophical perspective
> rather than a science as such. Certainly I have never heard of
> any other science being characterized with this kind of focus.

Science _is_ a way of knowing. If it's any kind of science, it's
a way of knowing. All Science is characterized that way.

> ..." OK, so where does that leave evolution. Is evolution
> simply a "way of understanding"?

Of course. That way is called the "scientific" way. You do not
expect every commentary, every instance of the use of some term
of Science to immediately dive into an expository on "What
Science Itself Is", do you? If someone identifies an Issue, e.g,
"Science vis a vis Non-science", or "Evolution vis a vis Other
Stuff", must they also immediately present a full discourse on
the issue?

Peter