tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850379426161011153.post5859685654332593555..comments2023-10-24T15:18:37.944+02:00Comments on Ionian Enchantment: Welcome…Anony Mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08077107616686254136noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850379426161011153.post-59854147223368333392022-08-05T01:48:30.314+02:002022-08-05T01:48:30.314+02:00I was raised on Pinker and Wilson, too, and I mus...I was raised on Pinker and Wilson, too, and I must tell you, you haven't grappled at all with sociobiology until you have grappled with CR Hallpike. Read at least "Darwinism, Dogma and Cultural Evolution. An education requires understanding of and reckoning with all available evidence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850379426161011153.post-21805704179125712742007-12-13T07:44:00.000+02:002007-12-13T07:44:00.000+02:00So I've been reading this blog backwards, which I...So I've been reading this blog backwards, which I why I ended up at the beginning. Its very enjoyable and I hope it takes off. <BR/><BR/>Let me make two comments about this post: (1) I would hesitate to generalize from your experiences at UCT to political science as a discipline. (2) My view is that you're only going to get limited leverage on social phenomena working from the level of human nature. Science is often not reducible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850379426161011153.post-42943641722456594452007-11-21T02:34:00.000+02:002007-11-21T02:34:00.000+02:00Hey MichaelI agree about the emtional appeal about...Hey Michael<BR/>I agree about the emtional appeal about the IE, it is both a useful proposition and brings a sense of wonder.<BR/>PerryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850379426161011153.post-14501602132711662672007-11-11T21:06:00.000+02:002007-11-11T21:06:00.000+02:00Hugh: thanks... and, yeah, I love that quote. It w...Hugh: thanks... and, yeah, I love that quote. It was my fav quote in FB for a while. <BR/><BR/>John: I don't think Wilson uses the term in the sense of "harmony" or "state of mind". I think when Wilson says the Ionian Enchantment is "far deeper than a mere working proposition" he means it's psychologically/emotionally 'deeper'. That is, he compares it with religious feeling in some sense - he and others treat it as more that a working proposition. (I highly recommend the book by the way - not because it's especially convincing, but because it's extraordinarily interesting).Anony Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08077107616686254136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850379426161011153.post-60877555275946983102007-11-11T11:00:00.000+02:002007-11-11T11:00:00.000+02:00Glad to see you got the blog going. I'm not sure w...Glad to see you got the blog going. <BR/><BR/>I'm not sure what this Ionian enchantment business amounts to. As you gloss it here I don't get *how* it's more that the working proposition re the world being orderly and able to be explained by a small number of natural laws. A bunch of other web sources when discussing it say stuff about 'a state of mind' and 'harmony' rather than particular beliefs.<BR/>-JohnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1850379426161011153.post-58279153380555438862007-11-11T00:56:00.000+02:002007-11-11T00:56:00.000+02:00Not a bad idea at all, Michael. I think this will ...Not a bad idea at all, Michael. I think this will be something worth keeping an eye on. I look forward to many more interesting and well-written posts. Oh, and that Wilson quote is actually rather moving.Hugh Pastollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09625428323689929215noreply@blogger.com