Monday, August 24, 2009

Let's all wish ...

... a happy birthday to Bryan Appleyard, who marks the day with a brilliant post: Science and the Guardian.

Madeleine Bunting says [a number of developments in neuroscience and psychology] point to a new view of human nature as humans now no longer seem to possess reason, autonomy or freedom. This is a tricky argument as, once you have said it in its strong form, you can't say anything else because you are human and, therefore, anything else you might say is compromised by your lack of reason, autonomy etc.

Read the whole thing.

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