Mind and Nature: A Necessary UnityBantam Books, 1980 - 259 pagina's |
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Pagina 90
... EXPLANATION " Among human beings , description and explanation are both highly valued , but this example of doubled information differs from most of the other cases offered in this chapter in that explanation contains no new information ...
... EXPLANATION " Among human beings , description and explanation are both highly valued , but this example of doubled information differs from most of the other cases offered in this chapter in that explanation contains no new information ...
Pagina 91
... explanation . On the other hand , an explanation can be total without being descrip- tive . " God made everything there is " is totally explana- tory but does not tell you anything about any of the things or their relations . In science ...
... explanation . On the other hand , an explanation can be total without being descrip- tive . " God made everything there is " is totally explana- tory but does not tell you anything about any of the things or their relations . In science ...
Pagina 93
... explanation is a mapping of the pieces of a description onto a tautology , and an explanation becomes acceptable to the degree that you are willing and able to accept the links of the tautology . If the links are " self - evident ...
... explanation is a mapping of the pieces of a description onto a tautology , and an explanation becomes acceptable to the degree that you are willing and able to accept the links of the tautology . If the links are " self - evident ...
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Multiple Versions of the World | 73 |
Criteria of Mental Process | 99 |
Processes | 161 |
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abstract action adaptive aggregate animal become behavior bilateral symmetry binocular vision biological bithorax calibration called Chapter characteristics circuit coding combined complex components consciousness context contrast crab creatures criteria criterion DAUGHTER differentiation embryology energy environment epigenesis epistemology evolution evolutionary example experience explanation fact FATHER formal resemblance gametes genes genetic change Gregory Bateson hierarchy homology human Iatmul ideas individual interaction internal Lamarck Lamarckian language learning logical typing look matter mental process messages midwife toad mind natural selection negentropy nuptial pads object odd numbers pathways pattern which connects perception perhaps phenomena phenotype pieces precisely predict presuppositions problem propositions quantity question random relations relationship relevance Samuel Butler schismogenesis sense organ sequence side simple somatic change sort species step stochastic processes stochastic system surely switch symmetry tautology temperature theory thought tion variable whole words