[MD] Academy

[ian glendinning]

Hi Ron,
The obvious ones would be
Susan Blackmore - "The Meme Machine" the primer, without doubt, then
Dan Dennett - "Darwin's Dangerous Idea" and/or "Freedom Evolves"
and/or his latest tome in the recently topical Faith debate "Breaking
the Spell"

But in fact you can detach the subject from the language (we are not
SOMists remember) - the concept existed long before the coining of the
neologism "meme" by Dawkins. Look at "mimesis" in much other / older
literature - E O Wilson, Owen Barfield, W V O Quine, Umberto Eco, Doug
Hofstadter, ring bells off the top of my head (and dare I say, just
about any FoggyFroggy PoMo).

When reading about meme's specifically in the technical sense -
written by SOMist scientists and scientific-style philosophers, keep
your MoQish hat on - don't get hung-up on the "atomist" - "
reductionist", "objectivist" slippery slope. Remember the arising of
layers of meaning.

(The reason I like Sue, is that she is very open-minded and also very
Zen - even though she hasn't joined the dots with her "serious"
scientific colleagues, except possibly Hofstadter - possibly an
occupational "social" hazard of being taken seriously as an
intellectual. Read some background about her on her website.)

Regards
Ian

On 5/14/08, Ron Kulp <RKulp at ebwalshinc.com> wrote:
> Ian:
>  I'm a
> memeticist as you may have noticed.)
>
> Ron:
> Ian, I have been reading up on Memetics since you posted
> This and it sounds very interesting. Besides the "selfish
> Gene" by Dawkins, is there any other reading you would
> Recommend?
> thanks
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