Morning folks. 💫
Fever's gone. Also not sneezing relentlessly every time I try to work, and alternating between roasting and freezing.
Everyone else good?
Time to write about political theory on this end! 🎉
@MLClark Glad to hear you're better. Hope you got some rest.
Political theory?!
Is political science "science," true or false? Go. 😊
Only under the archaic definition of science, before the emergence of post-Enlightenment empirical rigor necessitated a stricter division of the concept into (modern) "science" and "philosophy". :)
Political theory is definitely what I'm wrestling with today. What's in your queue?
@MLClark Great answer. My answer was short and snarky:
"It's not a science, it's a dark art."
I remember my Intro to PSCI class. The textbook argued that all politics can be reduced to systemic models.
Once I got into politics, I realized that was a crock. I'll text you a story later about a defrocked U.S. Senator from CA who spent the day with us.
Worked on my book yesterday, into the meaty stuff.
"Worked on my book yesterday, into the meaty stuff."
That sounds invigorating! I hope the thrill of a chewy problem carries you well through this part of the MS.
(And here I was worried you'd be lost to the rabbit hole of all that new documentation that landed on your doorstep a few days ago. Well done in skirting its event horizon!)
@MLClark Oh, the boxes of stuff remain in boxes. I'll go through it at some point but It's a part of the history I've already covered.
Looking forward to reading your new musings.