tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post113626677971495663..comments2024-03-28T21:56:51.675-04:00Comments on Face to Face: Dangerous Ideas round-up I: The limits of science & wonderagnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-1137122027462869372006-01-12T22:13:00.000-05:002006-01-12T22:13:00.000-05:00It would take time to consider the implications of...It would take time to consider the implications of the above speculations. At this point the question is more one of whether we can have an arithmetic of the arts, or part of one. Charles Murray's Human Accomplishment is a remarkable step in that direction. It even encroaches somewhat on the territory you mention, where figures of renown from sciences and arts get lumped into a single category. Who is important in the history of ideas and significant cultural contributions, and can numbers be put on these relations? Murray proceeds as if we might do so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com