Comments on: On favoring complexity http://schweblog.com/2007/04/10/on-favoring-complexity/ the weblog of Jesse Schwebach Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:31:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jesse http://schweblog.com/2007/04/10/on-favoring-complexity/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Jesse Sat, 14 Apr 2007 20:23:16 +0000 http://schweblog.com/?p=121#comment-31 Some questions, Topher: Does po-mo really need a direction? That is, can it exist as a field without a stated goal? It seems to me that it can and is entirely justified in doing so, but perhaps I didn't get the memo... Philosophy of mind, in my own experience, is more concerned with the functional aspects of the epistemological experience and not the chemical causal reactions that psychology seems so absorbed with. As far as the non-causal issues that philosophy of mind concerns itself with...well...I think psychoanalysis is primarily philosophical for a reason. Am I missing something? Some questions, Topher:

Does po-mo really need a direction? That is, can it exist as a field without a stated goal? It seems to me that it can and is entirely justified in doing so, but perhaps I didn’t get the memo…

Philosophy of mind, in my own experience, is more concerned with the functional aspects of the epistemological experience and not the chemical causal reactions that psychology seems so absorbed with. As far as the non-causal issues that philosophy of mind concerns itself with…well…I think psychoanalysis is primarily philosophical for a reason. Am I missing something?

]]> By: Topher http://schweblog.com/2007/04/10/on-favoring-complexity/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Topher Sat, 14 Apr 2007 03:40:51 +0000 http://schweblog.com/?p=121#comment-30 The problem with post-modernism is that it appears to lack a direction; they are robbing terminology from the analytical sciences in order to validate their own methodological framework. Case in point: philosophy of mind. This niche in philosophy departments might as well just sit in the psychology department. I'm not asserting that this is wrong, per se, however, it does appear to be a pissing contest between the humanities and the sciences. The best appear to work well when they work alone, not together. The problem with post-modernism is that it appears to lack a direction; they are robbing terminology from the analytical sciences in order to validate their own methodological framework.

Case in point: philosophy of mind. This niche in philosophy departments might as well just sit in the psychology department.

I’m not asserting that this is wrong, per se, however, it does appear to be a pissing contest between the humanities and the sciences. The best appear to work well when they work alone, not together.

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