Was Richard Dawkins wrong about memes? | Massimo Pigliucci, Hilary Lawson, Joanna Bryson
Philosophy For Our Times
Is There Such a Thing as Gean?
Scientific theories in general are models of a reality out there. And yet they are judged by us on the basis of whether they'r useful models or not. I agree that there is no such thing as a jean. Gean is concept, it's not its human construct. What exists are not geans. They are bits and pieces of certain kinds of molecle diana orarnay,. Those are the objects that appear to exist. But jean a category that we superimpose on that. The only thing that worries me, however, about that account is that if we catch it only in terms of usefulness, i a) because we want to rightly stay away from
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