From: "Phil Roberts, Jr." 
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 1996 07:12:03 -0500

Jim Balter wrote:
> 
> In article <32835C6C.5CB6@ix.netcom.com>,
> Phil Roberts, Jr.  wrote:
> >Jim Balter wrote:
> >>
> >> In article <328294C6.545D@ix.netcom.com>,
> >> Phil Roberts, Jr.  wrote:
> >> >Ah, yes.  The evidence.  The evidence [for my naturalistic 
> >> >theory of human emotion has two basic components:
> >> >a. the evidence supporting the theory of natural selection with
> >> >its implication that the dominant motivation in our species
> >> >should be the pursuit of our _physical_ well-being (DNA being
> >> >the physical stuff that it is) and
> >> >
> >> >b. the introspective evidence (assuming that my own mind is not
> >> >atypical) that the dominant motivational factor in our species is
> >> >not the need for _physical_ well-being, as a standard physicalist
> >> >interpretation would lead us to believe,
> >> >but rather the need for _emotioanl_ well-being, i.e., the pursuit
> >> >of a sense of self-worth.  This evidence is further corroborated by
> >> >the schism which exists between natural science and the
> >> >humanities, a schism which goes right down the middle of
> >> >psychology itself, as a matter of fact.
> >>
> >> You seem to have a very odd conception of what constitutes evidence and what
> >> serves as a support relationship between evidence and a theory or hypothesis.
> >>
> >
> >Elaborate please.
> 
> Evidence for P is not evidence for "P -> Q, and thus Q."
>

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> >> >> and led to Dan Dennett's disgust, something not easy to extract
> >> >> from him.
> >> >
> >> >Not always.  His review of Popper and Eccles (Journ of Phil, 76, 91-97)
> >> >was one of the most mean spirited I have read.
> >>
> >> A good example of such a failure, in this case an attempt to negate "not easy"
> >> with "not always".  As Aaron Sloman would say, some is not all.
> >>
> >
> >Greater nits have smaller nits
> >Upon their backs, nit-picking;
> >And smaller nits have smaller nits -
> >Recursive nit shit-kicking. (Oliver Sparrow)
> 
> That you think that "some is not all" is *nit* reveals the depth of the
> failure.
> --

Uncle!  Now drink your milk, God damn it, and go to bed.