Edwina, The list is of *dogmas *of science which Peirce did *not* adhere to.
Best, Gary [image: Gary Richmond] *Gary Richmond* *Philosophy and Critical Thinking* *Communication Studies* *LaGuardia College of the City University of New York* *C 745* *718 482-5690* On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 6:22 PM, Edwina Taborsky <tabor...@primus.ca> wrote: > Gary R - you are saying that all but #9 of Sheldrake's axioms are implicit > or explicit in Peirce's work. I must be missing something because I > consider that > > Axioms 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 - i.e., all but 3 are non-Peircean > views. > > Edwina > > > > On Wed 31/05/17 6:15 PM , Gary Richmond gary.richm...@gmail.com sent: > > List, > > As an addendum to my forwarded post, here are what Sheldrake claims to be > 10 dogmas of science. > > 1. Everything is essentially mechanical. > 2. All matter is unconscious. > 3. The total amount of matter and energy is conserved. > 4. The laws of nature are fixed. They are the same today as they were at > the beginning, and they will stay the same forever. > 5. Nature is purposeless, and evolution has no goal or direction. > 6. All biological inheritance is material, carried in the genetic > material, DNA, and in other material structures. > 7. Minds are inside heads and are nothing but the activities of brains. > When you look at a tree, the image of the tree you are seeing is not “out > there,” where it seems to be, but inside your brain. > 8. Memories are stored as material traces in brains and are wiped out at > death. > 9. Unexplained phenomena like telepathy are illusory. > 10. Mechanistic medicine is the only kind that really works. > >> >> I had earlier written that dogma 9, seems not supported by Peirce's > writings. Although he thought that such matters as telepathy ought be > investigated, he seems not to have been convinced himself that such > phenomena had been experimentally validated. > > Perhaps I should have added that while his general anti-materialist > tendencies as well as his views concerning the role of a kind of Lamarckian > inheritance would tend to support 6., that the second part of that putative > dogma is probably not what Sheldrake is emphasizing here (not to mention > that DNA research hadn't begun in Peirce's time). > > Best, > > Gary R > > [image: Blocked image] > > Gary Richmond > Philosophy and Critical Thinking > Communication Studies > LaGuardia College of the City University of New York > C 745 > 718 482-5690 <(718)%20482-5690> > > On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 2:21 PM, Gary Richmond <gary.richm...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> List, >> >> It appears to me that many scientists--although not all by all means--who >> have looked into it think that Rupert Sheldrake's hypothesis of "morphic >> resonance" <http://www.sheldrake.org/research/morphic-resonance> >> http://www.sheldrake.org/research/morphic-resonance >> is at very least unsupported by experimental testing of it and, well, >> even a bit whacko. Sheldrake would argue in part that much of this negative >> assessment is the result of most scientists being intellectually bonded to >> materialism, what he also calls 'philosophical materialism'. >> >> Although several years ago I read some of his books and followed the >> experiments then being made in an attempt to prove/disprove his theory, I >> haven't much thought about it for some time now. When this video was posted >> to the biosemiotics list, however, and intrigued by the knowledge that this >> TED talk had been censored, I played the video, watching it with some >> considerable interest. >> >> For in it Sheldrake offers what he calls "ten dogmas of science" and >> references Peirce, suggesting that Peirce's understanding of 'habit' led >> Sheldrake to a sense that *this* notion, as Peirce conceived of it, ought >> replace that of 'law' (and constants, etc.) in science, Sheldrake seeing >> 'law' as an "anthropological metaphor" at best. >> >> It seems to me that at least 9 of the "dogmas" he offers (although not >> the 9th) are either implicit or explicit in Peirce's work. >> >> But as mentioned, I have not followed Sheldrake's work for years; when >> doing so I viewed his hypothesis as then not fully supported by >> experimental testing of it--although he has argued that those tests do in >> fact support his theory--so that I offer this short video as an opportunity >> for us to consider (1) whether these 10 are indeed dogmas of science, >> and (2) if listers think any of them concur with the views of Peirce. (I >> think it would be unwise at this point to get into a discussion of morphic >> resonance.) >> >> Best, >> >> Gary R >> >> >> --------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Prisca Augustyn >> Date: Mon, May 29, 2017 at 4:56 PM >> Subject: [biosemiotics:9235] Rupert Sheldrake TED Talk >> To: "biosemiot...@lists.ut.ee" < biosemiot...@lists.ut.ee> >> >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKHUaNAxsTg >> Rupert Sheldrake - The Science Delusion BANNED TED TALK >> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKHUaNAxsTg> >> www.youtube.com >> Re-uploaded as TED have decided to censor Rupert and remove this video >> from the TEDx youtube channel. Follow this link for TED's statement on the >> matter and Dr ... >> >> >> Some of you may enjoy this (formerly banned) TED talk. >> Sheldrake questions scientific dogma by foregrounding Peircean habit. >> >> >> Prisca Augustyn >> Professor >> Department of Languages, Linguistics & Comparative Literature >> Florida Atlantic University >> >> > >
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