I ran into a new term called “Attractive Nuisance”
Dennett describes it as follows:
The doctrine of attractive nuisance is the principle that people who maintain on their property a dangerous condition that is likely to attract children are under the duty to post a warning or to take stronger affirmative action to protect children from the […]
But those on the side of biblical principles have to accept that scientific principles individualistic culture runs through their veins. The enemy is within, not without.
Posted in Philosophy, Science on August 27th, 2006 No Comments »
I propose using “substrate” for mechanisms (domain of real), and landscape for their realization (domain of actual).
Posted in Quote of the Day on August 27th, 2006 No Comments »
It is surely obvious that different forms of evolution (being defined as “the generation of complexity through mutation and selection”) will follow different detailed rules. For example, unlike genes, the mutable elements of mind, or memes, exhibit a large element of Lamarckian evolution - inheritance of acquired characteristics. So there is no reason to assume […]