peter mcburney qokorerliecsclivacuk peter peter tillers wrote nonetheless complete radical separation kind legal argument one sees courtroom kind argument scientist engages attempts say determine cause causes disease logic something akin logic play role even arguments trial lawyers judge courtroom surely fundamental difference scientific argument legal argument former concerns argument beliefs true world latter argument actions situation rational consideration take account consequences different alternative actions consequences valued relatively one another decisionmakers science hand least current western mythology science expressly ignores consequence beliefs choosing alternative beliefs science famously place scientists opinions would like true according feyerabend crux difference galileo rc church galileo pursuing beliefs regardless wider consequences church considering social political consequences alternative cosmologies official one church behaving rationally given position actor world suppressing galileos new ideas fully understand much courtroom argument begins centred arguments beliefs prior argument actions attempting construct single theory logic argument applies beliefs actions seems impossible also undesirable peter mcburney university liverpool uk wed 06 aug 2008 105006 0100 uai concept cointensive precisiation