DM, Krim, Not following the point at issue between the two of you, but I have to say David, that when you say this ....
> Science is very dependent on concepts and > metaphors from other areas. Robert Young the historian > unlocks all of Darwin's & Herbert Spencer's concepts and > shows how they came out of Victorian capitalism for example. > That origin does not of course undermine their use but Darwinism > could not have easily appeared in the same way in a different period. > It would have used a different language. I say you are spot on. Thanks for pointing that Robert Young stuff out - someone I've always liked, but not seen those specifics before. Any intellectual pattern is a product of its cultural environment. And, all the same conceptual problems of freedom and competition in primitive "capitalism" as in primitive "Darwinism" too. Mechanisms of collaboration and co-creation / co-evolution of value too easily overlooked. Excellent. Regards, Ian Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
