Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] relevance

2009-07-17 Thread Paul
Having just joined the list a day or two ago, I was beginning to regret the decision. . . But I'll hang around for a bit more. If I may say, a relevant response to the Jackson claptrap, Misters Dallas & Dumain. ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Tha

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Re: "The Selfish Gene: Thirty Years On"

2006-04-01 Thread Paul Gallagher
on the concept of "genes for" traits: if individual genes are to be the targets of selection, they must be "visible": they have to be real entities with similar phenotypic effects in a particular context. Kim Sterelny and Paul Griffiths observe that the ph