Subject: Re: Structure of facts and opinions
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 98 23:34:53 -0400
From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu>
To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk>
>From what I can
>see, abandoning this fundamental basis of human cultural behavior
>repeats the error of the entrenched social sciences. This crucial error
>is the denial of the material basis for social phenomena. This
>misconception is an outgrowth of classical dichotomies particularly that
>separating humanity from nature. If memetics is to fulfill any useful or
>novel purpose, it must attempt to bridge this tired and outdated
>dichotomy.
This is also a handy pr=E9cis of 'Consilience', E. O. Wilson's =
latest. For what it's worth, I agree totally.
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