Re: emergence, dynamics, and computationalism


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You will notice I have always said behaviorism is ok as a methodology,
but stinks totaaaaally as a dogma [cf "Beyond Freedom and Dignity"],
and in the final analysis is simply ........... incomplete.


GS: Ahh yes - your famous problem with Skinner's determinism. Which
sentence
was it that you actually read from BFD, Dan?



All responsilbity inheres to the environment ... there is nothing for
autonomous man to take credit or responsibility for. That was enough
propaganda to last me a lifetime.

If Skinner actually meant something other than what he wrote, then he's
a miserable communicator. Say, why don't you spend the rest of your
life trying to "explain" what he REALLY meant to say to the rest of the
world. Oh yeah, that's what you're doing already. And you throw a
tantrum everytime someone won't listen. Tough. And you're doing it on
the wrong forums.

What is your problem with determinism, Dan? That was the real question. And
why would this be the "wrong forum" for behavior analysis and behaviorism,
Dan? Because intellectually-bankrupt scumbags like you can get a few
simpletons to agee with that notion? Ooooh, is dat too mean for widdle
Danny? Why don't you try, again, to have me censored, Dan?






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