[FRIAM] The root of personality disorders

[Nick Thompson]

MUDDYING UP!???  Glen, you're talking about my LIFE'S WORK!!!!

You did mean to say, "Adding purified essence of wisdom," right?  (};-)]

Thank god for Eric's distillation. 

Nick 

Nicholas S. Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology
Clark University
http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/

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From: Friam [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] On Behalf Of glen ?
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2017 11:17 AM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam at redfish.com>
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] The root of personality disorders

On 01/18/2017 07:38 PM, Nick Thompson wrote:
> Here is your assignment for tomorrow. 

I am a (proud) C student.  So, of course, I will never meet your deadlines. 8^)

> https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281410347_Comparative_psychol
> ogy_and_the_recursive_structure_of_filter_explanations
> 
> There will be a quiz:  What is the difference between a circular explanation and a recursive one.  What is the key dimension that determines whether an explanation is viciously circular?   Is the virtuus dormitiva viciously circular? Why?  Why not? 

It would help if you would distill your argument, here, rather than muddying it up with the natural selection, adaptation example.  Would you mind doing that?

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☣ glen

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