tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post6151463991786275180..comments2024-03-27T20:37:09.185-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: Emotions and naturalismAlexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-84165278783665834542019-07-17T07:52:37.358-05:002019-07-17T07:52:37.358-05:00Have you spent any time on Peter Hacker's writ...Have you spent any time on Peter Hacker's writing, specifically <i>Human Nature: The Categorial Framework</i> and <i>The Intellectual Powers: A Study of Human Nature</i>? His view is, of course, heavily influenced by Wittgenstein, but he emphasizes that one of our greatest missteps was to leave behind Aristotle's framework for dealing with this sort of issue. Especially the matter of first and second order active/passive powers. He thinks it's because the greatest philosophical minds from Descartes on have had a physics/mechanism bent, and there hasn't been a great biologist among them. Biology teaches us about the powers characteristic of different kinds of being, and the levels of explanation required to deal with living creatures (and, subsequently, animate, self-moving creatures) vs. dealing with machines. It's very interesting work.Michael Gonzalezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05279261871735286117noreply@blogger.com