Posted on October 4, 2008 by Michael Liccione
[This is a guest article posted for purposes of constructive discussion between a "naturalist" philosopher and Catholic philosophers. For myself, there isn't much in its content that I can object to, even as an opponent of metaphysical naturalism. Perhaps that means I've misunderstood David. If so, that question would be a good way to start [...]
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Posted on September 2, 2008 by elliotbee
Or should I say meme?
Proposition: “A meme is just a fancy-schmancy, neo-Darwinian word for ‘idea’. Get over it. The concept of a ‘meme’ adds nothing, save for scientistic obscurantism, to the idea of culture, ideology, psychology, sociology, religion, belief, and cognition, as traditionally understood.”
Responsae?
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