tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post2544838952273929870..comments2024-03-28T08:57:53.180+00:00Comments on Darwinian Conservatism by Larry Arnhart: Aristotle, Darwin, and Marjorie GreneLarry Arnharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619785331100785170noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-81526517315600264122009-11-04T06:08:12.582+00:002009-11-04T06:08:12.582+00:00if we take this seriously then Darwin and teleolog...if we take this seriously then Darwin and teleology are not incompatible.Willem van Hoornnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-57534517520605926702009-11-04T06:03:58.365+00:002009-11-04T06:03:58.365+00:00If we take Darwin's personal aesthetics into a...If we take Darwin's personal aesthetics into account, as he describes this in the "Diary of the Beagle", then teleology and evolutionism are probably not incompatible.<br />In neo-Darwinims this is certainly the case because the splendour of Nature herself has been thrown out as irrelevant to the human mind.Willem van Hoornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05654001336519458324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-53747217117724087372009-04-09T21:25:00.000+01:002009-04-09T21:25:00.000+01:00Great treatment. In my experience this is the most...Great treatment. In my experience this is the most frequently raised issue in discussions of your work. You are criticized from both left and right, but your position seems far more reasonable than the alternatives. After all, how often is anyone stumped by the question, 'man or not man?' Except maybe Rousseau and the orangutan.Kent Guidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00119882444127499607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-55253379227422646852009-04-05T04:16:00.000+01:002009-04-05T04:16:00.000+01:00One point on this: I think Aristotle denied that f...One point on this: I think Aristotle denied that final causes, or aitia, applied to the nonliving world - Plato certainly held a cosmic teleology but I don't think Aristotle did.John S. Wilkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04417266986565803683noreply@blogger.com