Must have a read. Dennetts book : "Consciousness Explained", I found a bit
more believable than Bennetts: "The Idea of Consciousness" but, I can not
shake off Democritus saying that: "Nothing exists except atoms and space,
every thing else is opinion", and: "Everything existing in the universe is
the fruit of chance and necessity".
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From: Bill Kerr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; David McMullen
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Kerry Langer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, 1 January 1999 11:58 AM
Subject: Pinker: How the MInd Works
>'How the Mind Works' by Steven Pinker
>
>Very interesting ideas arise from applying evolutionary theory to
psychology
>(p. 44) and family values (p.425). I also thought his earlier book, The
>Language Instinct, was excellent -- explains Chomsky better than Chomsky
>can.
>
>He's not afraid to take on feminists, post modernists etc. Also he can
>write, which I feel is Dan Dennett's weakness.
>
>-- Bill Kerr
>
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