Edwina, I think this view (intelligent response, informed interacton) is called Lamarckism, has been refuted for a long time by Darwinism, but is since shortly restored in a weak form with the discovery of epigenetics.
With "perceived similarity" I meant a knowledge about similarity or identit
Helmut - you are ignoring the role of Firstness, or chance, within
the inanimate and animate world.
Chance, spontaneity are vital actions enabling adaptive and
evolutionary capacities - and these two actions are obviously not
found only within the human realm. But also within t
List,
I have to ponder your posts, because up to now my idea has been, that in inanimate nature merely deduction/efficient causation occurs, in animate nature (organisms) also induction/final causation, and in neuro-nature (brain animals) also abduction/example causation. To suggest that a molecul
