tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post7055797314124279477..comments2023-10-14T09:40:06.690-05:00Comments on Jean Kazez: 'Round the WebJean Kazezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00592593002719828153noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-28709852174687782852010-02-24T15:28:02.687-06:002010-02-24T15:28:02.687-06:00Yeah I've been thinking of taking a look as we...Yeah I've been thinking of taking a look as well. One thing I AM sypathetic to is anything that attacks the over athropomorphization of Mother Nature. This is not a move materialists are entitled to in my opinon, but there is plenty of it out there, sometimes explicitly, sometimes implicitly. This seems at least in part what Fodor is attacking. But by itself I don't see how such an attackFaustnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-15165991396026587742010-02-24T14:29:56.525-06:002010-02-24T14:29:56.525-06:00Faust, Me too--I've been reading the reviews a...Faust, Me too--I've been reading the reviews and finding the hubbub amusing. I think the reason they're not "just wrong" is exactly because of their overreaching. If Block and Kitcher are right, Fodor & Co are making a rather sophistical hyper-clever point about how you slice properties, and yet thinking they've thus found a devastating objection to Darwinism. What I Jean Kazezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00592593002719828153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-23981585881647948292010-02-24T12:17:01.256-06:002010-02-24T12:17:01.256-06:00I've been enjoying the hub-ub around Fodor'...I've been enjoying the hub-ub around Fodor's book. Based on my preliminary review, my sense is that Fodor is definitely over reaching, but I don't get the intensity of some of the responses. It seems to me, where Fodor is wrong he's wrong. Isn't this just a good opportunity to discuss the theory at a deep level? I've enjoyed reading the rebuttals to Fodor's work and Faustnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-53934830229292403242010-02-24T10:25:02.718-06:002010-02-24T10:25:02.718-06:00I'm glad I'm not the only one who turns to...I'm glad I'm not the only one who turns to the web when they're grading. Actually, the more I talk with my colleagues, the more I realize that people who don't surf the web when they're grading are in the minority.Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627147979307495870noreply@blogger.com