[MD] Reductionism

[Steve Peterson]

Hi Krimmel,



> ---------------------------------------
> [Krimel inserts:]
> First Dave, you have it backwards. DQ is not what gets you off the  
> stove.
> That would be SQ. Our response to pain; damage to our tissue; is  
> reflexive.
> Our responce is similar in many respects to the response of any  
> vertebrate.

Steve:
To further DMB's empirical/hostorical distinction, I would say that  
getting off a hot stove is empirically dynamic in that it is  
preconceptual, but it is static from the historical perspective as we  
recognize the biological pattern of reflexive pain response.

Best,
Steve