@misc{Lexicon of Arguments, title = {Quotation from: Lexicon of Arguments – Concepts - Ed. Martin Schulz, 29 Mar 2024}, author = {Dawkins,Richard}, subject = {Science}, note = {I 154 Language/science/Dawkins: we always need to assure ourselves that we can re-translate our casual language. For example, "intentions" of genes. (By the way, its only intention is to multiply.) >Observation, >Observation language, >Theoretical terms, >Observation terms, >Theoretical language. I 170 Language/science/Dawkins: when we say "it's 90 % sure" (that this other animal is my half-sibling) to which "it" do we refer then? Do we mean that the zoologist is sure or that the animal is sure? Dawkins: with a little luck, both possibilities can lead to the same. I 364 Language/science/Dawkins: there is no reason not to label the bacteria according to Axelrod with predicates such as "forgiving", "not envious", etc. >Cooperation, >Altruism, >R. Axelrod.}, note = { Da I R. Dawkins The Selfish Gene, Oxford 1976 German Edition: Das egoistische Gen, Hamburg 1996 Da II M. St. Dawkins Through Our Eyes Only? The Search for Animal Consciousness, Oxford/New York/Heidelberg 1993 German Edition: Die Entdeckung des tierischen Bewusstseins Hamburg 1993 }, file = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=369047} url = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=369047} }