Marx "admired" Darwin; Gould admires Marx

[James Devine]

>	Mark Jones writes that his difference with Steven Jay Gould is over the
>sense of progress in social systems.  That the concept of contingency in
>Gould's evolutionary theories conflicts with "progress". ...

could someone define "progress"?

I would define progress as "getting better" (from my point of view, of
course). That suggests that progress is something we _want_. It's not
something that always happens. 

Jim Devine jdevine at popmail.lmu.edu &
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