Michael Levin's farewell to Dan Dennett https://thoughtforms.life/farewell-dan-dennett-i-will-really-miss-you/
On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 2:46 PM Stephen Guerin <stephen.gue...@simtable.com> wrote: > Such a loss :-( >> >> https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/04/19/daniel-dennett-philosopher-atheist-darwinist/ > > > yes a loss of a great person and intellectual. Though in the loss is the > possibility of progress. if you consider the above "atheist-darwinist" url > representing a certain paradigm in which Dennett has been cast as a central > figure. > > Planck's Principle on paradigms and funerals: > > An important scientific innovation rarely makes its way by gradually > winning over and converting its opponents: it rarely happens that Saul > becomes Paul > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_of_Paul_the_Apostle>. What does > happen is that its opponents gradually die out, and that the growing > generation is familiarized with the ideas from the beginning: another > instance of the fact that the future lies with the youth. > — Max Planck, Scientific autobiography, 1950, p. 33, 97 > > Colloquially, this is often paraphrased as "Science progresses one funeral > at a time" > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Stephen Guerin > CEO, Founder > https://simtable.com > stephen.gue...@simtable.com > > stephengue...@fas.harvard.edu > Harvard Visualization Research and Teaching Lab > <https://hwpi.harvard.edu/eps-visualization-research-laboratory/home> > > mobile: (505)577-5828 > > > On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 1:03 PM Jochen Fromm <j...@cas-group.net> wrote: > >> Such a loss :-( >> >> https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/04/19/daniel-dennett-philosopher-atheist-darwinist/ >> >> I will put his autobiography "I’ve Been Thinking" from last year on my >> reading list >> >> https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/oct/01/ive-been-thinking-by-daniel-c-dennett-review-an-engaging-vexing-memoir-with-a-humility-bypass >> >> -J. >> >> >> -------- Original message -------- >> From: Jochen Fromm <j...@cas-group.net> >> Date: 4/19/24 7:32 PM (GMT+01:00) >> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com> >> >> Subject: [FRIAM] Daniel Dennett (1942-2024) >> >> A sad day today. Daniel Dennett has died :-( For every big question in >> philosophy there is at least one Daniel Dennett book: >> >> "Consciousnes Explained" (1991) about consciousness >> "Darwin's Dangerous Idea" (1995) about evolution >> "Freedom Evolves" (2003) about free will >> "Breaking the spell" (2006) about religion >> >> https://dailynous.com/2024/04/19/daniel-dennett-death-1942-2024/ >> >> -J. >> >> -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom >> https://bit.ly/virtualfriam >> to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> archives: 5/2017 thru present >> https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ >> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >> >
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