Contact action, like object permanence, is a “common sense” notion. Same with the moon illusion or any other optical illusion— it’s simply how we see ...
This is going to be a bit long-winded, but hopefully valuable in getting on the same wavelength. Capitalism is only one system among others throughout...
That the human capacity for language is genetically determined, yes. Is that really still "controversial"? He's looking at human beings like we look a...
It's not that -- it's that no alternative has been proposed since. As a technical notion. Common-sense notions in everyday discourse is a different ma...
That contact action is a human property, or that it was the common sense basis for the mechanical philosophy? Your citation seems to be addressing the...
I didn’t make any claim about whether science works or not. The idea of contact action, which was the common sense basis for mechanical philosophy, is...
Neoliberalism is hardly the same as free markets — which don’t exist, anywhere. I have no doubt China will handle this better than the US, which is a ...
I suppose we can argue that science is just a Western invention— and there’s something to that. But I’d argue it’s a better example of possible human ...
When it comes to the mind/body problem, he argues that there hasn’t been a conception of “body” since this time. So ideas about the “physical world” i...
Where does Chomsky say the world is incomprehensible? He's saying we have a much different understanding today, one not confined solely to mechanistic...
It really depends on what we deem "good" or "bad." What many may call "clean and clear" is actually an amalgam of unquestioned beliefs, values, and ha...
What part of the article don't you understand? It's not offering "new" definitions for the words "understanding" or "mystery" -- and asking for such i...
I, and others, have addressed your issues. But your requests are based on misunderstandings and arrogant presumptions. Human beings have scope and lim...
No, that's not his sense. What Newton believed isn't what Chomsky believes. The passage you cite is a description of what Newton meant. Chomsky is not...
Chomsky isn’t saying we don’t have knowledge about how the world works. He’s saying, at least in my reading, that our ideas of intelligibility have ch...
Neither is Chomsky. Try engaging with texts instead of labeling with an “ism.” Or send him an e-mail about his “ramblings” and teach him a thing or tw...
Just wanted to say that I think you’ve understood Chomsky very well. That’s pretty rare, in my experience, despite him usually pointing out fairy stra...
Exactly right. It’s perfectly fine to use in normal everyday discourse, but it has no technical notion. Really? I’ve never heard him say so, so I welc...
An important essay indeed. Chomsky's been saying this for years, and too few listen. He demonstrates, quite clearly, how there is no mind/body problem...
Not sure if anyone saw this, but worth a read, and interested in reactions: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-american-polity-is-cra...
I think this is exactly right, chronologically— with one important caveat: that the words themselves are being used in modern terms. Otherwise, all th...
There is a lot of evidence about it, actually. It's not a matter of not sleeping -- of course we all sleep. But the quality of sleep and the length of...
I think so, yes. It's similar to fear of the dark, in kids and adults. But it's even more superficial than that: it's the discomfort associated with s...
But isn't that like saying that everything we say is also not ours? Regarding chess: I see mastery a little differently. I think the chess master is a...
I think there's a meaningful difference between more abstract thought and what's going on generally when we're talking to ourselves. To me, general th...
I'm not advocating a policy. The article I cited was advocating a policy of incentives, which I was examining. I think I've made it quite clear that I...
Nor do I need to, since you already agree with it. Unless you want to take back your statement that vaccines are safe and effective. That's the consen...
Which is just nonsense. It’s like saying it’s rational to base your decisions on facts and math, but we should be able to choose what facts and what m...
The vaccines are safe and effective. That’s what they’re not wrong about. Whatever you’re referring to is your own fabrication. Maybe they’re wrong ab...
I’m not getting into this again. I trust the consensus of experts. The reasons I trust them I’ve been over multiple times. We can question anything at...
It's a mistake to characterize it in this way. The conflicts of interest should be hammered over and over again, and they aren't. I've heard more abou...
The same thing I hear from Alex Jones followers, creationists, and election fraud enthusiasts. They'll gladly point out how everyone once thought the ...
The Republicans are not persuading their constituents to be anti-vaccine. Many of their constituents were already anti-vaccine. Many of their constitu...
Science is an institution. Of course it's an activity. You're saying it's untrustworthy, apparently as both. That's like asking what they have to gain...
There's two separate points I'm making. #1. Capitalism itself, based on the definition I prefer and explained, should be dismantled. I don't think the...
So science is untrustworthy. Yes, I do disagree with this. I think science is, in fact, trustworthy— and the best enterprise we have for determining w...
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