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Here is your assignment for tomorrow. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281410347_Comparative_psychology_and_the_recursive_structure_of_filter_explanations There will be a quiz: What is the difference between a circular explanation and a recursive one. What is the key dimension that determines whether an explanation is viciously circular? Is the virtuus dormitiva viciously circular? Why? Why not? Nick Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology Clark University <http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/> http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Frank Wimberly Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2017 6:35 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] The root of personality disorders I apologize, Glen. Please replace "cancer" with "pneumonia". Frank Wimberly Phone (505) 670-9918 On Jan 18, 2017 6:16 PM, "Frank Wimberly" <wimber...@gmail.com <mailto:wimber...@gmail.com> > wrote: Why is my husband unable to breathe and coughs all the time? And what is this large white area on his chest x-ray? He has lung cancer. How do you know? Because he has difficulty breathing, he coughs constantly, and he has a positive chest x-ray. Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz Santa Fe, NM 87505 wimber...@gmail.com <mailto:wimber...@gmail.com> wimbe...@cal.berkeley.edu <mailto:wimbe...@cal.berkeley.edu> Phone: (505) 995-8715 <tel:%28505%29%20995-8715> Cell: (505) 670-9918 <tel:%28505%29%20670-9918> -----Original Message----- From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com <mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com> ] On Behalf Of glen ? Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2017 5:32 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] The root of personality disorders I found this opinion refreshing: Narcissistic Personality Disorder and the President-Elect http://behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2017/01/16/narcissistic-personality-disorder-and-the-president-elect/ I particularly liked the (strawman) circularity caricatured by conflating phenomenology with ontology: > Wife: Why is my husband so self-important; why does he have such a sense of > entitlement? > Psychiatrist: Because he has an illness called narcissistic personality > disorder. > Wife: How do you know he has this illness? > Psychiatrist: Because he is so self-important and has such a sense of > entitlement. But, personally, seeing [gag] Trump as the epitome of everything that's wrong with our culture, I can sympathize with the idea of using whatever tool we might have available to _demonstrate_ to others how thoroughly unable the man is to fill the role of President. But we should be careful not to abandon our own principles in the process. -- ☣ glen ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
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