Re: Blank slate learning

Wolf Kirchmeir wrote:

In that thread TT write:

...So: the issue arises of which /kind/ of explanation to invoke
when faced with the observed features of organisms:
Chance? Or necessity? ...

I don't see an either-or issue here. Why does TT think there is one?

I don't. It's rather like the nature/nurture debates: some features
are mostly down to nature, some are mostly nurture - and some are a
combination of the two. Similarly with chance and necessity.
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