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Ep. 6 - Aristotle, Kant, and Evolution

Awakening from the Meaning Crisis

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Aristotle's Answer, You Do the Wrong Thing

Aristotle asks, well, what can we do with this analogy? Human beings aren't made the way knives are made. And here's her's an important idea. We're self making. We're not just self organizing. Please always remember that it's analogy. Let's go back to the analogy of a man made thing. Ko, how is it when we know when something has been well made? What makesi something a good knife? Right? Well, when it has a structural, functional organization, right, that allows it to fulfil its purposeo. If i've taken the potential in the metal and organized it the right way,. structure o, the right way, it

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