On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 10:53 PM, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote:
> On 1/20/2015 5:54 PM, Rex Allen wrote: > > Hi Telmo, > > Is there a better starting point than consciousness? > > My main thought was to suggest that the theory of evolution, taken to > it's logical conclusion, supports a Kantian division of reality into > phenomenal and noumenal realms. > > We are entities whose consciousnesses are shaped only with an eye > towards what promotes survival and reproduction. Consciousness isn't the > least concerned with truth - only with usefulness. > > Maybe this explains many of the conundrums that are pondered in this > group. > > If you completely discard the concept of "truth" and replace it entirely > with "evolutionary usefulness" - does that change anything? > > > That's essentially the thesis of William S. Cooper's book "The Origin of > Reason" - that our language, logic and mathematics were driven by > evolution. And he suggests how it may go further. Whether you agree with > him or not, it's a thought provoking book (and not a long one). > I remember you mentioning this book a few years ago. I read the first chapter then, and it was in the back of mind when I wrote the manifesto. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
