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For the Thinking Man.
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For the Thinking Man.
May 27, 2014 at 10:02 pm (This post was last modified: May 27, 2014 at 10:07 pm by Rampant.A.I..)
(May 27, 2014 at 9:42 pm)Artur Axmann Wrote:
(May 27, 2014 at 9:35 pm)Heywood Wrote: Rational thinking builds upon itself. It pulls itself by its bootstraps so to speak. I believe in God, but I see no reason why rational thinking is dependent on God's existence any more than 2+2=4 depends on God's existence.

Rational thinking lies outside the realm of evolutionary biology.
And that's true no matter how it develops.

Are you familiar with the field of evolutionary psychology?

Quote:Does the mind have content-rich, evolved concepts? How are they tied to evolved motivational systems? See The Co-Evolution of Concepts and Motivation, by Andrew Delton and Aaron Sell.

http://www.cep.ucsb.edu

http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/anthro/bec/pa...2.4.99.rtf
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For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 27, 2014 at 7:25 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Cyberman - May 27, 2014 at 7:28 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by The Valkyrie - May 27, 2014 at 7:36 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Bittersmart - May 27, 2014 at 7:37 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by The Valkyrie - May 27, 2014 at 7:42 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 27, 2014 at 7:47 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Losty - May 28, 2014 at 2:36 am
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by The Valkyrie - May 28, 2014 at 6:52 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Rampant.A.I. - May 28, 2014 at 6:54 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Losty - May 28, 2014 at 7:21 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by The Valkyrie - May 28, 2014 at 7:23 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 27, 2014 at 7:50 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Jackalope - May 27, 2014 at 7:52 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 27, 2014 at 8:07 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by The Valkyrie - May 27, 2014 at 8:08 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Jackalope - May 27, 2014 at 8:30 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 27, 2014 at 8:34 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Jackalope - May 27, 2014 at 8:35 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 27, 2014 at 8:39 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Bittersmart - May 27, 2014 at 7:59 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by The Valkyrie - May 27, 2014 at 7:59 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by rexbeccarox - May 27, 2014 at 7:49 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Bittersmart - May 27, 2014 at 8:00 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by The Valkyrie - May 27, 2014 at 8:06 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Bittersmart - May 27, 2014 at 8:16 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by The Valkyrie - May 27, 2014 at 8:27 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by rexbeccarox - May 27, 2014 at 8:39 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by The Valkyrie - May 27, 2014 at 8:48 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Bittersmart - May 27, 2014 at 9:17 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Heywood - May 27, 2014 at 9:42 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by rexbeccarox - May 27, 2014 at 9:51 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Heywood - May 27, 2014 at 9:56 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 27, 2014 at 9:57 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by rexbeccarox - May 27, 2014 at 10:05 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Bittersmart - May 27, 2014 at 8:39 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Heywood - May 27, 2014 at 8:09 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 27, 2014 at 8:20 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Bittersmart - May 27, 2014 at 8:28 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 27, 2014 at 9:26 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Bittersmart - May 27, 2014 at 9:43 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 27, 2014 at 9:48 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Bittersmart - May 27, 2014 at 10:35 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Heywood - May 27, 2014 at 9:50 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Ravenshire - May 27, 2014 at 10:37 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 27, 2014 at 10:40 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Bittersmart - May 27, 2014 at 11:06 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Heywood - May 27, 2014 at 9:35 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 27, 2014 at 9:42 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by The Valkyrie - May 27, 2014 at 9:44 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Bittersmart - May 27, 2014 at 9:44 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Heywood - May 27, 2014 at 9:46 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Cyberman - May 27, 2014 at 10:53 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Neo-Scholastic - May 27, 2014 at 8:27 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 27, 2014 at 9:09 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Jackalope - May 27, 2014 at 9:15 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Bittersmart - May 27, 2014 at 9:03 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by The Valkyrie - May 27, 2014 at 9:16 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Angrboda - May 27, 2014 at 9:15 pm
For the Thinking Man. - by Rampant.A.I. - May 27, 2014 at 10:02 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 27, 2014 at 10:08 pm
For the Thinking Man. - by Rampant.A.I. - May 27, 2014 at 10:20 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 27, 2014 at 10:31 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Heywood - May 27, 2014 at 11:14 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by LostLocke - May 28, 2014 at 2:52 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by The Grand Nudger - May 27, 2014 at 11:22 pm
For the Thinking Man. - by Rampant.A.I. - May 28, 2014 at 12:07 am
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by max-greece - May 28, 2014 at 12:42 am
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Wyrd of Gawd - May 28, 2014 at 1:02 am
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by BlackMason - May 28, 2014 at 2:30 am
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 28, 2014 at 6:16 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Rampant.A.I. - May 28, 2014 at 6:48 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 28, 2014 at 6:54 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Rampant.A.I. - May 28, 2014 at 6:59 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 28, 2014 at 7:21 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Bad Wolf - May 28, 2014 at 7:25 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 28, 2014 at 7:36 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Bad Wolf - May 28, 2014 at 7:42 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 28, 2014 at 7:49 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Bad Wolf - May 28, 2014 at 7:50 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Ravenshire - May 28, 2014 at 9:01 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Cyberman - May 28, 2014 at 9:04 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Cyberman - May 28, 2014 at 7:33 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by The Valkyrie - May 28, 2014 at 7:37 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Wyrd of Gawd - May 28, 2014 at 10:12 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 28, 2014 at 10:27 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Rampant.A.I. - May 28, 2014 at 8:09 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by RobbyPants - May 28, 2014 at 11:32 am
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by archangle - May 28, 2014 at 11:55 am
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Cyberman - May 28, 2014 at 7:52 pm
For the Thinking Man. - by Rampant.A.I. - May 28, 2014 at 10:30 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 28, 2014 at 10:36 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by The Valkyrie - May 28, 2014 at 10:48 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Cyberman - May 29, 2014 at 6:42 am
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Ravenshire - May 28, 2014 at 10:53 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Zidneya - May 29, 2014 at 12:04 am
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Fidel_Castronaut - May 29, 2014 at 3:50 am
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by LastPoet - May 29, 2014 at 3:56 am
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Mothonis - May 29, 2014 at 5:50 am
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Esquilax - May 29, 2014 at 6:54 am
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Mister Agenda - May 29, 2014 at 12:12 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Artur Axmann - May 29, 2014 at 6:07 pm
RE: For the Thinking Man. - by Ravenshire - May 29, 2014 at 9:08 pm

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