Wittgenstein also thought Darwin was "wrong; his theory doesn't explain the variety of species. It hasn't the necessary multiplicity." He did not understand biology at all. One problem with 20th C philosophy is that it was ignorant of biology. Still is
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That doesn't prevent Oxbridge pretenders from affecting knowledge of neuroscience, now that it's all the rage. Time to dissolve British analytic philosophy as an academic subject, after a century of absolute nonsense.
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It's fair to say that the 20th century marked the final stages of scholasticism per se, and any vibrancy left in British philosophy died out. The study of cognitive evolution has replaced it, with our nascent understanding of identity based on genetics.
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Thank you for sharing this,
@JohnAllenPaulos. (I haven't read it yet, but i'm interested).Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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