List, It appears to me that many scientists--although not all by all means--who have looked into it think that Rupert Sheldrake's hypothesis of "morphic resonance" http://www.sheldrake.org/research/morphic-resonance is at very least unsupported by experimental testing of it and, well, even a bit whacko. Sheldrake would argue in part that much of this negative assessment is the result of most scientists being intellectually bonded to materialism, what he also calls 'philosophical materialism'.
Although several years ago I read some of his books and followed the experiments then being made in an attempt to prove/disprove his theory, I haven't much thought about it for some time now. When this video was posted to the biosemiotics list, however, and intrigued by the knowledge that this TED talk had been censored, I played the video, watching it with some considerable interest. For in it Sheldrake offers what he calls "ten dogmas of science" and references Peirce, suggesting that Peirce's understanding of 'habit' led Sheldrake to a sense that *this* notion, as Peirce conceived of it, ought replace that of 'law' (and constants, etc.) in science, Sheldrake seeing 'law' as an "anthropological metaphor" at best. It seems to me that at least 9 of the "dogmas" he offers (although not the 9th) are either implicit or explicit in Peirce's work. But as mentioned, I have not followed Sheldrake's work for years; when doing so I viewed his hypothesis as then not fully supported by experimental testing of it--although he has argued that those tests do in fact support his theory--so that I offer this short video as an opportunity for us to consider (1) whether these 10 are indeed dogmas of science, and (2) if listers think any of them concur with the views of Peirce. (I think it would be unwise at this point to get into a discussion of morphic resonance.) Best, Gary R --------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Prisca Augustyn Date: Mon, May 29, 2017 at 4:56 PM Subject: [biosemiotics:9235] Rupert Sheldrake TED Talk To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKHUaNAxsTg Rupert Sheldrake - The Science Delusion BANNED TED TALK <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKHUaNAxsTg> www.youtube.com Re-uploaded as TED have decided to censor Rupert and remove this video from the TEDx youtube channel. Follow this link for TED's statement on the matter and Dr ... Some of you may enjoy this (formerly banned) TED talk. Sheldrake questions scientific dogma by foregrounding Peircean habit. Prisca Augustyn Professor Department of Languages, Linguistics & Comparative Literature Florida Atlantic University
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