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1 [lbo-talk] Corey Robin's Reactionary Mind argument in miniature -- rank: 387

ravi :...this btw is, if I understand it right, Jerry Fodor s criticism of Natural Selection as well (and I think ...

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2 [lbo-talk] Corey Robin's Reactionary Mind argument in miniature -- rank: 387

On Mar 9, 2012, at 9:55 AM, Carrol Cox wrote: > The problems begin with the title: "The x Mind." Whatever you replace x with > the proposition is still a black hole. No "mind" stands still long enough to > be labeled THE anything. It might work if the title were "Reactionary ...

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3 [lbo-talk] Critical Thinkign, was Free online courses -- rank: 691

... history of science bears this last bit out and perhaps > Ravi can chime in here as well to back me up ...

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4 [lbo-talk] Essential Reading - Hah! -- rank: 499

... for example, I'll probably read the Lewontin book on ravi's list. > Yay! It s a great little book. Another great little book: Fodor s The Mind Doesn t Work That Way. ravi

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5 [lbo-talk] posh as fuck -- rank: 578

... wrote: > On Thu, 8 Dec 2011 21:12:21 -0500 > // ravi <ravi at platosbeard.org> wrote: > >> Your post reminds me of Philip ... s adaptationism when it comes to cognition/psychology, there is Fodor's The Mind Doesn't Work That Way (even the ... led to the book suffices to demonstrate Pinker's overreaches). -- ravi > (Pinker gets his 'umble toiler's paycheck from Harvard, > that ...

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6 [lbo-talk] $39,000 handbag -- rank: 387

On Aug 29, 2011, at 9:42 AM, Doug Henwood wrote: > On Aug 29, 2011, at 8:56 AM, Joseph Catron wrote: >> I'm lost. Who's glorifying anything? I'm talking about things that suck. > > There's also a certain pleasure - almost a competitive pressure - in identifying with the sufferings ...

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7 [lbo-talk] Altruism -- rank: 578

... Aug 11, 2011, at 5:19 PM, c b wrote: > // ravi ravi at > >> In any case, altruism is basically glorified empathy > > Wilson ...

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8 [lbo-talk] vaca reading -- rank: 387

... best ever criticism of EP) * What Darwin Got Wrong - Jerry Fodor (always worth reading, even when wrong) * Logicomix - Doxiadis/Papadimitriou (lots ... Pilgrim s elegantly designed Dive Into HTML5 : http://diveintohtml5.org/ :-) ravi

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9 [lbo-talk] More on Kenneally -- rank: 387

... given that one of the main dudes behind the idea (Fodor) is also a strong critic of pomo! --ravi

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10 [lbo-talk] Kenneally, some notes and background -- rank: 775

... demolished by Hume even later.) --- On Thu, 6/11/09, ravi <ravi at platosbeard.org> wrote: > From: ravi <ravi at platosbeard.org> > Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Kenneally, some notes ... wrote: > > On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:45:43 -0400 > > ravi <ravi at platosbeard.org> > wrote: > > > >> I too find the "poverty ...

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11 [lbo-talk] Kenneally, some notes and background -- rank: 578

... wrote: > On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:45:43 -0400 > ravi <ravi at platosbeard.org> wrote: > >> I too find the "poverty of ...

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12 [lbo-talk] Kenneally, some notes and background -- rank: 640

On Jun 11, 2009, at 12:16 AM, Michael Smith wrote: > > If we're materialists, we have to assume -- don't we? -- > that language has some physical basis in the heads and/or > bodies of the people who do language. Is it so far-fetched > to think that whatever that basis ...

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13 [lbo-talk] munchers -- rank: 578

... wrote: > On Tue, 9 Jun 2009 16:18:14 -0400 > ravi <ravi at platosbeard.org> wrote: > >> I tend to think of the ...

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14 [lbo-talk] munchers -- rank: 387

On Jun 9, 2009, at 12:57 PM, farmelantj at juno.com wrote: > > BTW Chomsky has specifically endorsed Gould & Lewontin > on this point, except that he had been arguing > for decades that the evolution of human linguistic > capacity cannot be understood in terms of natural > selection. > > BTW this one major difference ...

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15 [lbo-talk] Computing R&D: science or engineering? -- rank: 387

... mind, and cognitivism. This is a theory proposed by Jerry Fodor and others (not only are mental operations akin to computations ...

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