http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CriticalRationalism/ Critical Rationalism Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:23:07 GMT Elliot Temple http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CriticalRationalism/message/13508 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CriticalRationalism/message/13508 http://curi.us/1457-herakleitos-and-diogenes I typed in a bunch of presocratic fragments of interest. Some are fallibilist. There is some similar material in Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:22:48 GMT John Edser http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CriticalRationalism/message/13507 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CriticalRationalism/message/13507 ... JE:- Intellectual interest represents an "active" interest because in a civilized society we must think before we act. My understanding of the history of Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:20:43 GMT Elliot Temple http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CriticalRationalism/message/13506 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CriticalRationalism/message/13506 ... I would like to put it into practice and have real input. I'm not sure how that differs from raising awareness. The way one gets political ideas practiced Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:53:32 GMT Aaron Agassi http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CriticalRationalism/message/13505 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CriticalRationalism/message/13505 A question to each participant in this group: Is the matter of fallible human beings in the open society together crafting lasting social institutions in order Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:49:09 GMT John Edser http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CriticalRationalism/message/13504 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CriticalRationalism/message/13504 For those interested, I will be formally debating Mr Simon Gunkel on the Dawkins Net debating forum on the following question: "While Darwinism stands proudly Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:47:19 GMT THRASSOS http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CriticalRationalism/message/13503 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CriticalRationalism/message/13503 ... Dear Elliot, What if Neo Darwinianism which from a certain point of view is divided to a left wing and a liberal fraction was contemplated a single Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:18:17 GMT Rafe Champion http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CriticalRationalism/message/13502 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CriticalRationalism/message/13502 A nice biographical sketch has been put on the Bartley website. http://www.bartleyinstitute.org/node/6 You can also find a fragment of Popper biography, the Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:05:33 GMT Jeff Rulifson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CriticalRationalism/message/13501 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CriticalRationalism/message/13501 Elliot: Thank you. This is much more clear than Wikipedia on Neo-darwinism. Jeff http://jeff.rulifson.name +1 (650) 924-2758 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:22:24 GMT John Edser http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CriticalRationalism/message/13500 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CriticalRationalism/message/13500 ... JE:- Hi Elliot, Dawkins is the University Of Oxfords official communicator for the Neo Darwinian model (not the Darwinian Theory which he misrepresents as Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:21:48 GMT John Edser http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CriticalRationalism/message/13499 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CriticalRationalism/message/13499 WNYC Radio Lab Podcast "In Defense Of Darwinism? (available as a free podcast on Itunes) Dawkins opened: "As an academic scientist I am a passionate Darwinian Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:02:20 GMT Elliot Temple http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CriticalRationalism/message/13498 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CriticalRationalism/message/13498 ... Nah. You're mixing up neo-darwinists with atheists (as Dawkins also does). When Dawkins goes on TV to argue with O'Reilly, he's not a serious Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:35:53 GMT Matt Dioguardi http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CriticalRationalism/message/13497 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CriticalRationalism/message/13497 ... Okay, but this would move the argument away from the idea and towards those advocating it. That is, this suggest people are either immoral *or* that the Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:50:32 GMT Rafe Champion http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CriticalRationalism/message/13496 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CriticalRationalism/message/13496 "Presumably the people involved didn't know that it wouldn't work until they tried to make it fly. Also, it strikes me that Popper's 'Logic of Scientific Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:49:48 GMT John Edser http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CriticalRationalism/message/13495 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CriticalRationalism/message/13495 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECE77Imki9M&feature=topvideos Dawkins continues to make millions out of the silliest show on earth.. Note that the key word Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:48:28 GMT Matt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CriticalRationalism/message/13494 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CriticalRationalism/message/13494 ... I can't off the top of my head think of any reason for disagreeing with this. ... I'm not sure about the second part of this answer, just speculating,