It has been about one year since we had our discussion on the 'mind'. And I suspect that Dr Y... [MORE]

Andrew McCarthy

Sep 28, 2008 08:15

This is where 'facts' are really nonsense in disguise. If one has a hypothesis that cannot be proved or disproved... [MORE]

Andrew McCarthy

Nov 12, 2007 06:42

The confusion of any philosophical science that has no heart What I find so alarming is that our most learned, our... [MORE]

Andrew McCarthy MD

Sep 27, 2007 03:21

Pinker's postulations still resonates with the 'soft innatism' and "cast of basic concepts" of a Longinian (Longinus) prefiguration of thought.... [MORE]

obrian worrell

Sep 24, 2007 16:25

Latin is figurative speech, right? Well just look up any word of Latin or Greek origin and you will get... [MORE]

Jean-Philippe De Lasalle

Sep 19, 2007 21:07

I think what has me so dismayed by rational science in regards to human beings, as we want to practice... [MORE]

Andrew McCarthy MD

Sep 19, 2007 05:38

We have heard of Evolution as "survival of the fittest," but I understand that studies of chaos and emergence give... [MORE]

John House

Sep 21, 2007 00:08

Pinker's verbal brilliance has been obscured by his inadequate theory and frequent misrepresentation of facts. I demonstrated this in an article... [MORE]

Bruce I. Kodish

Sep 18, 2007 12:59

adding "ism's" to authors (darwinism's, dawkinism's, pinkerism's) is lazy, sloppy and silly, please refrain. these authors have stated empirically verifiable... [MORE]

michael farr

Sep 14, 2007 19:49

I very much doubt that steven Pinker is the cognitive sicentist of our time. first and foremost he is a... [MORE]

charles leighton

Sep 14, 2007 06:18

I once attended a public lecture by Steven Pinker at my university. The event was so popular that I had... [MORE]

W. Dean

Sep 13, 2007 20:29

--- "But has any serious thinker actually held this form of innatism? No; it's at best a heuristic for actual...

p. bourges-waldegg

Sep 16, 2007 02:56

Pinker's "sensitivity to subtle semantic distinctions" echoes Anatole France's maxim that "truth lies in the nuances." Basically, this is the... [MORE]

William Hoffman, Ph.D.

Sep 13, 2007 15:39

I haven't read the book, but from what examples are given here of the "cast of basic concepts," it seems... [MORE]

Marc Andre Belanger

Sep 13, 2007 10:27

I apologize for saying cognitive psychology has no merit. I don't mean that. But it does have issues that those... [MORE]

Andrew McCarthy MD

Sep 13, 2007 07:34

A very gracious apology Dr McCarthy as well as several valid points that clarify your position. I agree completely with... [MORE]

Laurie

Sep 13, 2007 17:58

John Locke is an eighteenth-century philosopher by only a hair's breadth. Locke died in 1704; his most important works appeared... [MORE]

R. Franklin Carter

Sep 12, 2007 20:00

Logrolling much? But yeah, Pinker is probably more or less on the same level as Roughgarden, though maybe a little... [MORE]

Martin Browning

Sep 12, 2007 15:53

Pinker making diffenence between mind and brain, really speaking all our thinking ,feeling, sensation, language born from brain. We know... [MORE]

Ramesh Raghuvanshi

Sep 12, 2007 11:32

It may sound impressive to detail a fundamental relationship with language and mind but first one must determine what is... [MORE]

Andrew McCarthy MD

Sep 12, 2007 06:48

A bit difficult to make out what Dr. McCarthy is going on about...over 500 words to express what seems to... [MORE]

Kyle

Sep 12, 2007 12:03

"Man is not measurable in words or in numbers and that is where the whole idea of cognitve psychology fails.... [MORE]

Laurie

Sep 12, 2007 18:47

Sorry, couldn't help it. First there's this comment, Dr. McCarthy:The problem is psychology is not a true science. It is not... [MORE]

Psychologist Y, PhD

Sep 14, 2007 22:01

I went to a university where psychology was in the school of Arts and Letters. I majored in psychology as... [MORE]

Andrew McCarthy MD

Sep 15, 2007 07:22

You are right in one aspect in that I did not clarify my thoughts in a more detailed way. Dr.... [MORE]

Andrew McCarthy MD

Sep 16, 2007 04:32

First, don't take the McCarthyism thing too seriously - it was just a play on "Pinkerism" via a reference to... [MORE]

Psychologist Y, PhD

Sep 16, 2007 22:35

Dear Dr Y, I think you agree with me at one level yet do not realize it. You believe that science... [MORE]

Andrew McCarthy MD

Sep 17, 2007 18:27

Perhaps we're just talking about different things here. First, I am not a clinical psychologist. Like Pinker, I am an... [MORE]

Psychologist Y, PhD

Sep 18, 2007 09:37

I understand that you are in experimental evolutionary psychology. And I understand that you believe that cognition, whatever on this... [MORE]

Andrew McCarthy MD

Sep 18, 2007 18:25

This is why I say that what you will try to do 'scientifically' in regards to the self is never... [MORE]

Andrew McCarthy MD

Sep 20, 2007 04:01

Well I've given the whole idea of the relation between the mind and reality some thought and this is part... [MORE]

Jean-Philippe de Lasalle

Sep 23, 2007 09:15

Remember to keep categories/fields straight and don't forget fundamentals. Mathematics is much more than idea. It gives one a sense... [MORE]

Andrew McCarthy MD

Sep 30, 2007 22:58

I know what I have said here is a bit upsetting to psychologists/ neurologists, to physicists, to mathematicians, to biologists,... [MORE]

Andrew McCarthy MD

Oct 7, 2007 06:34

The reason Pinker is difficult to refute is because his ideas and evidence are those of a chameleon. He... [MORE]

esya

Nov 6, 2007 15:42

Jerry Fodor is a philosopher.Yiddish is inherently funny.Etc. [MORE]

Fitz

Sep 12, 2007 06:41