Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id TAA11714 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Wed, 18 Apr 2001 19:53:39 +0100 From: <joedees@bellsouth.net> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 13:56:21 -0500 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: Levels of explanation (was Re: Determinism) Message-ID: <3ADD9D05.18383.14151C@localhost> In-reply-to: <20010418181520.A598@ii01.org> References: <20010418125013.AAA28726@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]>; from wade_smith@harvard.edu on Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 08:49:55AM -0400 X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.12c) Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On 18 Apr 2001, at 18:15, Robin Faichney wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 08:49:55AM -0400, Wade T.Smith wrote:
> > On 04/18/01 05:52, Robin Faichney said this-
> >
> > >"we have to distinguish
> > >between causation and conceptual framework translation"
> >
> > OK, I know that's your manifesto at the moment, but, I have to admit
> > I'm fuzzy on what 'conceptual framework translation' actually _is_.
> >
> > What is being translated and into what language?
>
> Genetics, when you get to a certain level of detail, requires the
> language of chemistry, rather than that of biology (biochemistry,
> microbiology, whatever -- you get the idea). Similar translations are
> required whenever we shift between levels of explanation. It's the
> different concepts that apply within them that distinguish between
> levels.
>
And now, for his next act, the amazing linguistic prestidigitator (or
is that prestianaloguer?) Robin Faichney will fully explain self-
conscious awareness using nothing more than the elementary laws
of physics and the Periodic Table of Elements! Let's give him a
round of applause, ladies and gents!
> --
> Robin Faichney
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