tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post743808380948396986..comments2024-03-27T15:34:14.749-07:00Comments on dangerous idea: Nagel on Evolutionary Hand-WavingVictor Repperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-71123344315559948912009-09-10T14:53:31.219-07:002009-09-10T14:53:31.219-07:00Dennett, Pinker, all the standard linguist types i...<i>Dennett, Pinker, all the standard linguist types in Boston in the Chomskian cult of personality</i><br /><br />But not Chomsky himself, funnily enough.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342391408412861663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-32977402429419979902009-09-10T10:23:20.276-07:002009-09-10T10:23:20.276-07:00East v West works for cogsci (GOFAI versus connect...East v West works for cogsci (GOFAI versus connectionsm), seems like a stretch for panselectionism. The big battle was between Gould and EO Wilson, both east coasters anyway. :)<br /><br />For that matter, East Coasters are more likely to try to apply selection to everything. Dennett, Pinker, all the standard linguist types in Boston in the Chomskian cult of personality. The West Coasters like the Churchlands don't do that at all, and tend to be anti modularity and all that, anti evolutionary psychology. So someone got it backwards.<br /><br />I look forward to Dawkins new book that just lays out what he takes to be the key evidence for evolution. Should be a fun jaunt.Blue Devil Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045468316613818510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-48582553191730375922009-09-10T03:51:53.252-07:002009-09-10T03:51:53.252-07:00I also like this one from Jerry Fodor:
"At ...I also like this one from Jerry Fodor: <br /><br />"At this point in the dialectic [when discussing concept acquisition], there's a strong temptation to dump the load on Darwin; a standard tactic, these days, when a philosopher gets in over his head." (<i>Concepts: Where Cognitive Science Went Wrong</i>(Oxford: OUP), 128)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342391408412861663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-12462622716437886982009-09-09T23:01:58.757-07:002009-09-09T23:01:58.757-07:00_The View From Nowhere_ is a damn good book._The View From Nowhere_ is a damn good book.Gordon Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03223834584232283601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-18603466612672406312009-09-09T13:19:51.827-07:002009-09-09T13:19:51.827-07:00I think Michael Ruse distinguishes between "W...I think Michael Ruse distinguishes between "West Coast evolutionists" and "East Coast evolutionists". The former are the universalists who attempt to apply the theory of evolution (specifically selection) to everything, while East Coasters are unwilling to make such pronouncements until they see some hard evidence. It's like the difference between the Churchlands and Gould.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05486975669125282161noreply@blogger.com