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Politics : Evolution
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To: Brumar89 who wrote (39637)7/27/2013 10:14:18 AM
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Funny, there’s nothing in Nagel's impersonal, non-theistic case against materialism that supports & sympathizes with the religious point of view so the jumping up & down is a little premature? It certainly is not endorsing but rejecting the Biblical pov and really does nothing to unseat the theory of evolution.

But what i find fascinating, this is exactly what could lead to the inclusion of pantheism back into the philosophy of science i mentioned evolving before. That would be atheism by your narrow definitions but could very see future generations open & find new mythical realms. If you think clearly in what you are endorsing in Nagel, have only one more thing to add here: Welcome to GAIA !

Nagel poses to be sorely unconvinced a neo-Darwinian mechanism could produce the following in a
physicalist universe, though haven't a clue how a philosopher only can weigh into such technical areas:

1. The emergence of life from a lifeless universe in such a short time.
2. The preponderance of diversity and complexity among life forms in such a short time.
3. The production of consciousness from unconscious matter.
4. The existence of objective standards of value and rationality and creatures endowed with the cognitive equipment to grasp them.

There was plenty of time for the universe & life to evolve, so this argument from incredulity is an old one. Many prominent scientists believe in emergence of chemical complexity & life is as natural to the order of things as water running downhill. Obviously consciousness emerges as life emerges & a large part of that increasing awareness would be by teeming life interacting with each other, eat or be eaten, procreation, environmental change are strong forces.

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