tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post446694384199716501..comments2024-03-28T15:48:11.151-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: WHAT HAVE I BEEN READING?Robert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-5078246957345880522018-08-28T03:15:43.330-04:002018-08-28T03:15:43.330-04:00When it comes to parasites you need to read Michel...When it comes to parasites you need to read Michel Serres marvelous book The Parasite.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-68731765383019967842013-10-06T10:28:28.839-04:002013-10-06T10:28:28.839-04:00By the way, if the Darwinian purist were to examin...By the way, if the Darwinian purist were to examine Darwin's proposition that 'Evolution is a means to survival', they might detect two violations of rigorous scientific procedure. First, the implied means-end relation is not empirical, so could not have been derived from observation. Second, granting that use, that survival is the 'end' of evolutionary processes is an ungrounded hypothesis. So, a pure concept of 'Evolution' is one that Darwin himself did not advocate, which renders his purported authority on the use of it questionable, at best.Don Schneierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12751277350617015241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-53803256100536492962013-10-06T10:22:07.867-04:002013-10-06T10:22:07.867-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Don Schneierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12751277350617015241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-89457694134241738712013-10-05T21:54:25.749-04:002013-10-05T21:54:25.749-04:00I simply don't see how a the theory of evoluti...I simply don't see how a the theory of evolution applies to the discovery of the theory. (Unless that simply means that humans, who evolved, come equipped with brains capable of discovering and comprehending natural selection, etc.) In fact, I don't see how it could, given the phenomena that the theory of evolution explains. If jargon is involved, then explain it.David Auerbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15612242467208247588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-79416257159985721362013-10-05T14:49:56.130-04:002013-10-05T14:49:56.130-04:00David--Re: your "normal". I'm citin...David--Re: your "normal". I'm citing formulations that are familiar in some philosophical contexts, e. g. Hegelianism. Anyway, rather than jumping to play 'gotcha', maybe you can take a few more minutes to think about how the theory of Evolution applies to the discovery of the theory. If, instead, you want peremptorily to insist that that moment of discovery is independent of its object, then you are exposing a groundless prejudice. In either case, you will note the distinction between formulating a scientific hypothesis, which generalizes some empirical data, and thinking through some of its systematic implications. Don Schneierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12751277350617015241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-17376199698024428282013-10-05T14:14:22.077-04:002013-10-05T14:14:22.077-04:00re: "a moment that can be characterized as th...re: "a moment that can be characterized as the 'coming to self-consciousness' of the theory."<br /><br />Since theories have neither consciousness nor self-consciousness, I have to assume that many of the words here mean something other than their normal meaning. Just as 'evolves' must mean something other than its Darwinian meaning in the penultimate sentence of DS's comment. David Auerbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15612242467208247588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-19983417691544466462013-10-05T13:27:41.918-04:002013-10-05T13:27:41.918-04:00One topic that distinguishes at least some 'ph...One topic that distinguishes at least some 'philosophers' from at least some 'scientists' is generally known as 'self-consciousness'. Its application to the ongoing theme here can sharply illustrate that distinction. While most evolutionary scientists continue to discuss the methods and findings of Darwin, some philosophers who accept it will also attempt to integrate the discovery of the theory into the theory, as a moment of evolutionary development, a moment that can be characterized as the 'coming to self-consciousness' of the theory. Accordingly, for such philosophers, the theory itself evolves at that moment, perhaps to a related Praxis, e. g. to Eugenics. Note that that transformation is one for which the objective scientists lack the resources to evaluate. Don Schneierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12751277350617015241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-37489329940712151822013-10-05T12:44:36.047-04:002013-10-05T12:44:36.047-04:00Wolff,
That movie I recommended to you, The East, ...Wolff,<br />That movie I recommended to you, The East, is now out on DVD. I highly recommend it. It's about corporate exploitation of the environment, and radical resistance against it.<br />Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250295324149056708noreply@blogger.com