tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post112592891719868876..comments2024-03-28T08:57:53.180+00:00Comments on Darwinian Conservatism by Larry Arnhart: About the authorLarry Arnharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619785331100785170noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-73942763370286448092007-08-02T20:28:00.000+01:002007-08-02T20:28:00.000+01:00I am just starting to become acquainted with Prof....I am just starting to become acquainted with Prof. Arnhart's thought, so please excuse my lack of sophistication in some matters. I am a Conservative of libertarian stripe. I am educated as a physicist and a naturalist, so I lean toward Darwinism. However, in skimming the discussions, I am troubled by one important issue: Determinism. It seems to me that underlying much of the argumentation is the assumption that one's behavior is determined by biological and/or cultural forces. If that is the case, then one's behavior ought to be predictable. Having taken courses and read in the philosophy of science, I know that such a deterministic claim is overreaching. In addition to problems of measurement, Hume's problem of induction and the theorems of Goedel and Tarski undermine any effort to support strict determinism. So, it seems to me that the discussion may need to turn in a different direction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com