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From: Kerry Langer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: omega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Saturday, 2 January 1999 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: Pinker: How the MInd Works
I haven't read "The Idea of Consciousness" ...is that by Jonathon
Bennett...or is it a different Bennett?
Max R. Bennett. harwood academic publishers. ISBN 90-5702-203-6
In what sense can't you "shake off" Democritus? I'm not sure how you
are relating this to the ideas in "Consciouness Explained" (CE). If you
found CE worth reading, then you will find "Darwin's Dangerous Idea" a
good read.
I certainly will read it, as you have whetted the appetite. What I alluded
to I guess was what you have now said directly below, and to paraphrase it a
bit: You will never build a bridge by theorising and philosophising about
it; just build the fucking thing and, if it falls down, then build another
fucker a bit stronger next time.
This might interest you though: http://www.digibio.com/cgi-bin/node.pl?nd=n1
I really like talking about this stuff...however I'm not quite sure why
we are doing it on the Neither list! What do others think? I'd be
interested to know if there are any people lurking who share an interest
in philosphy of mind/consciousness/AI/cognitive
science/evolution/genetics etc etc etc.
Kerry
omega wrote:
>
> 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".
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Kerr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Date: Friday, 1 January 1999 11:58 AM
> Subject: Pinker: How the MInd Works
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