[MD] An attempt to reconcile the Metaphysics of Quality with the Cartesian dichotomy and ordinary epistemology

[craigerb at comcast.net]

[Mark]
> In terms of the tautology, you seem not to recognize the circular
> referencing.   The fittest survive.  Why do they survive?  Because they are
> the fittest.  How do we know that they are the fittest?  Because they
> survive.  Survival defines the fittest because the fittest survive.

Nope, you're making the same mistake as Alexander.
Try this analogy: Suppose I race the world-record holder at 100 m.
Is it tautological (i.e., necessary) that s/he will win?  No.  Of course,
when s/he does win, you will explain it by their superior skill, training, muscles,
etc.  Still, however improbable, I could win.
Survival does not define (i.e., make necessary) the fittest.  Sometimes
the survivors are just lucky.
Craig