[MD] The Moral Landscape

[Platt Holden]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian Glendinning" <ian.glendinning at gmail.com>
To: <moq_discuss at moqtalk.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 9:55 AM
Subject: Re: [MD] The Moral Landscape


Yes, but we're just back to a debate on the meaning of the word
explain, how, why, etc.
Which is where we started 8 years ago Platt, and I'm more interested
in honesty than word games.
Ian

Platt
8 years ago? Your memory is a lot better than mine. Did you then explain how
emergence explains anything? Please refresh my memory.

Platt.



On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Platt Holden <plattholden at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Glendinning"
> <ian.glendinning at gmail.com>
> To: <moq_discuss at moqtalk.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 8:56 AM
> Subject: Re: [MD] The Moral Landscape
>
>
> Hi Platt, you said
>
> "[Emergence] only describes what happened".
>
> Which is good surely, ie it's honest and empirical ?
> Any explanation that doesn't would therefore be dishonest.
>
> Ian
>
> Hi Ian,
>
> But it doesn't explain anything. Isn't that what science is supposed to 
> do?
>
> Platt
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