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Article #8281Re: Making fires and making minds - the laws of physics prevail
From: Eugene Wallingford
Date: Sat, 06 May 1989 14:43
Date: Sat, 06 May 1989 14:43
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In article <18020@cup.portal.com> Daniel B. Hankins writes:
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> 'Man is the measure of all things' is a recent idea, stemming largely
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>from Judeo-Christian notions of the place of Man in the Universe. Some
>cultures still do not share it. No wonder our distant ancestors believed
>that free will can be ascribed in equal measure to all active and
>capricious things, from animals to weather.
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Just a side note... I believe it was Protagoras who made this point
the cornerstaone of his philosophy. When and where did Protagoras live?
As I also recall from a distant philosophy class, this notion fell out
of favor with most metaphysicians for a particular reason. Can anyone
fill me in?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!tank!eecae!cps3xx!cpsvax!wallingf From: wallingf@cpsvax.cps.msu.edu (Eugene Wallingford) Newsgroups: comp.ai Subject: Re: Making fires and making minds - the laws of physics prevail Message-ID: <2879@cps3xx.UUCP> Date: 6 May 89 14:43:21 GMT References: <3019@tank.uchicago.edu> <18020@cup.portal.com> Sender: usenet@cps3xx.UUCP Reply-To: wallingf@cpsvax.UUCP (Eugene Wallingford) Organization: Michigan State University, Computer Science Department Lines: 16