RE: MD Chance and natural selection

From: Ian Glendinning (ian@psybertron.org)
Date: Sun Aug 17 2003 - 22:36:07 BST

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    Spot on Matt,

    Dennett (and Quine)(and Lakoff) and Kundert ;-) (and many more)

    Ian

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    [mailto:owner-moq_discuss@venus.co.uk]On Behalf Of MATTHEW PAUL KUNDERT
    Sent: 17 August 2003 22:01
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    Subject: Re: MD Chance and natural selection

    Ian,

    > Darwin has come a long way since his death, and I think our
    > misunderstandingis that you hold a fairly primitive view of his
    > legacy.My understanding of Darwinism is updated by Gould, Dawkins,
    > Pinker and Jones
    > amongst others.

    Add Daniel C. Dennett to that list. He's the leading philosopher in making
    sense of how consciousness and sentience evolves (cf. Consciousness
    Explained).

    His new book, Freedom Evolves, is excellent, by the way.

    Matt

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