Lexicon of Arguments

Philosophical and Scientific Issues in Dispute
 
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I 218
Design/shape/Evolution/Chomsky: It is wrong to make selection responsible for all design - often there is simply a physical explanation.
Explanation/selection/PinkerVsChomsky: Selection is usually not needed to explain utility, but something improbable.
>Selection, >Explanation, >Causal explanation, >Laws of nature.
I 219
Definition design/Pinker: if the function cannot be described more economical than the structure, it is no design. - The term function will not add anything new.
Cf. >Gestalt theory, >Gestalt psychology.

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