Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id RAA14207 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Sun, 14 Jan 2001 17:06:10 GMT Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 16:57:21 +0000 To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: DNA Culture .... Trivia? Message-ID: <20010114165721.A508@reborntechnology.co.uk> References: <B68716E0.6906%bbenzon@mindspring.com>; <20010114152449.A2152@reborntechnology.co.uk> <200101141545.KAA10198@mail6.lig.bellsouth.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200101141545.KAA10198@mail6.lig.bellsouth.net>; from joedees@bellsouth.net on Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 09:48:01AM -0600 From: Robin Faichney <robin@reborntechnology.co.uk> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 09:48:01AM -0600, Joe E. Dees wrote:
> Don't forget to add Brodie to your list of names; his position on
> religion is not what Benzon has described, but rather a 'whatever
> gets you through the day and through your encounters with society
> is hokay' stance. His position is pragmatic and utilitarian; it does
> not matter to him whether or not your beliefs are true so much as it
> matters whether they are useful. In science, these two (utility and
> truth) dovetail, but that situation is not, for Brodie, true of every life
> realm.
> I view memetics much as I view phenomenology, hermeneutics,
> genetic epistemology and semiotics, not as sciences, but as
> philosophical stances - ways to carve up and categorize the
> observed/experienced/participated-in world in a consistent, sense-
> making fashion. This does not mean, however, that any of them
> are useless; perspective is an essential component of observation.
You're being very agreeable these days, Joe! I could pick nits, but
nits is all they are, and I don't feel inclined right now. Broadly,
we agree, and that's fine by me. Best wishes! :-)
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