tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14247942.post3679818353609040640..comments2023-08-10T05:32:21.163-04:00Comments on An Examined Life: Aristotle Vindicated AgainVitae Scrutatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12808120163472036743noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14247942.post-38067691805382340532007-08-17T18:58:00.000-04:002007-08-17T18:58:00.000-04:00This reminds me that metaphysics is (ironically) w...This reminds me that metaphysics is (ironically) worst known because it is best known. In one sense, Aristotle's position should be the most obvious thing in the world, but the fact of existence is so familiar that one reflexively doesn't think about it.CrimsonCatholichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08623996344637714843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14247942.post-8149544540514829192007-08-17T15:55:00.000-04:002007-08-17T15:55:00.000-04:00cnbAnother problem, which I only just noticed (and...cnb<BR/><BR/>Another problem, which I only just noticed (and corrected in the post), is that the cover reades "Form Finds Function", not "Form Follows Function." It looks like <I>I</I> was the one who just followed the old cliche!<BR/><BR/>My apologies for the confustion!Vitae Scrutatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12808120163472036743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14247942.post-48439946185436474102007-08-17T15:04:00.000-04:002007-08-17T15:04:00.000-04:00CNBYou're right, but I think the idea is probably...CNB<BR/><BR/>You're right, but I think the idea is probably just to tag on to a popular cliche and go from there. Unless what they're thinking is that the two things are mutually entailing, but that seems a little too formal.Vitae Scrutatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12808120163472036743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14247942.post-63891685077632785352007-08-17T15:02:00.000-04:002007-08-17T15:02:00.000-04:00MichelleThat spearmint/caraway example is interest...Michelle<BR/><BR/>That spearmint/caraway example is interesting--do you know if they are identical right on down to the molecular composition? Taste, like other similar secondary properties, seems to be principally a function of some sort of supervenience base (such as the molecule) and the human sensory apparatus.Vitae Scrutatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12808120163472036743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14247942.post-2404783227404710592007-08-16T19:37:00.000-04:002007-08-16T19:37:00.000-04:00I'm genuinely perplexed. If the function can be p...I'm genuinely perplexed. If the function can be predicted on the basis of form, wouldn't it be a case of "Function follows Form"? <BR/><BR/>I'm reading "follows" as "comes after", as in "is a consequence of".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14247942.post-52628933685270681282007-08-16T18:27:00.000-04:002007-08-16T18:27:00.000-04:00p.s. I'm chagrined...there's a typo in the previou...p.s. I'm chagrined...there's a typo in the previous comment: chirality not chirility! Blame a sticky keyboard (on holiday by the sea shore)...Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617476463347663364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14247942.post-24637971506231688172007-08-16T18:25:00.000-04:002007-08-16T18:25:00.000-04:00Ah...this is a fascinating area of science and geo...Ah...this is a fascinating area of science and geometry! The molecules themselves are not twisted, they bend polarized light passed through their solutions right (dextro) and left (levo). The molecules are identical, but mirror images (like your hands). The phenomenon is called chirlity (for reasons both you and Aristotle could likely intuit). <BR/><BR/>So much biological activity depends on whether a molecule is right handed or left handed. My favorite example is spearmint/caraway. The oil primarily responsible for the scent is identical in each, but for being the mirror image. Yet the tastes are so different!Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617476463347663364noreply@blogger.com