It's an interesting quote, particularly the way in which he seems to talk about 'sensibility' as learning through exposure to things (which I read as inductive experience through the senses) rather than deductive, objective rationale. I would liken this to early learning, which is a very...
I'm not sure that the distinctions of concepts/intuitions (Kant) or reasons/'grows in the mind' (Chomsky) are clear enough here. It seems to me that our impulses for actions (which is the crux of this) arise from:
1) Instinct: our genetic a priori - that is, evolved characteristics
2)...
I never could understand this type of reasoning!
It must be obvious to you as you go through each day that you take decisions: some based upon thorough reasoning because the consequences are too severe to make a mistake, some based upon intuition (i.e. - past experience manifest from the...
Functor97,
I believe that much of your argument is otiose; what is relevant is the reality that we experience day-to-day. It seems to me that each of our exisences is governed by three factors:
1. Genetic a priori: that is, evolved characterisitcs such as ability to reason, sensory...
f(experience) = ...discuss! (If you like!)
.........n
f(experience) = (reason + evidence)
[where 'n' is the number of iterations]
Does this expression sum up how we learn??
Okay folks, I know when I'm beaten! From the replies here it looks as though I've quite a bit of reading to do to get up to speed. Enjoyed the discussion though, cheers!
Mark M - thanks for your thorough introduction! One or two points...
It seems to me that the laws of thermodynamics must apply on a cosmological scale, otherwise they are not consistent or complete; either they apply or they are incoherent.
Matter-energy is a standard conclusion from the...
Quick theory for you folks to knock down...
Laws of Thermodynamics:
1) Energy is conserved,
2) As time passes, energy tends to be located in increasingly complex masses.
Implications:
Matter and energy are essentially the same thing; as time progresses, the universe consists of less...