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From: rlr@pyuxn.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
Newsgroups: net.philosophy,net.sci,net.misc
Subject: Re: Mind and Brain
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Date: Wed, 27-Jun-84 15:55:26 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 27 15:55:26 1984
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Keywords: behaviorism,brain,mind,Plato,dead greeks

> Ok, Mr. Moffett let's discuss this idea of yours that concepts
> invented by Greeks are to be taken with agrain of salt. I agree.
> So let me paraphrase your contentions by quoting Aristotle, and
> I invite you to take yourself with a grain of salt:
> "Show me these atoms of yours, Leucippus!"
> (By means of this wonderfully scientific argument, Aristotle discredited
> the atomic model of matter effectively until Rutherford). I don't
> mean to insist you are wrong, Mr. Moffett, but may I point out that
> your scientific rigor is suspect?

On the contrary.  Leucippus' theory was nothing more than that -- a theory --
until there WAS evidence that the model involved in the theory was correct
(described the phenomena accurately).  And, believe it or not, the same holds
true for those who speculate about mind/brain dualities.

Speculations may often be correct.  More often they may be incorrect.  Only
supporting evidence lends credulity to speculations.
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