Chomsky takes down Hitchens

Luke Weiger lweiger at umich.edu
Sun Sep 30 14:29:49 PDT 2001


So why would you say that the man who took down behaviorism obviously wouldn't equate action with mental states? That seems quite counterintuitive.

-- Luke

----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Seay" <entheogens at yahoo.com> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 11:16 AM Subject: Re: Chomsky takes down Hitchens


> Uhhh, I know that! Duh!
> --- Luke Weiger <lweiger at umich.edu> wrote:
> > Actually, it's the behaviorist who will disregard
> > intent or any other mental
> > state (hence the term "behaviorist"), but
> > nevermind...
> >
> > -- Luke
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Thomas Seay" <entheogens at yahoo.com>
> > To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 10:27 AM
> > Subject: Re: Chomsky takes down Hitchens
> >
> >
> > > Chomsky is a scholar and is going to be careful
> > > about guessing at "intentions". Remember, this is
> > the
> > > guy who DESTROYED behaviorism..., so he is not
> > about
> > > to equate action with mental states such as
> > > "intentionality".
> > >
> > > If this were a boxing match, I would say that
> > Chomsky
> > > scored a KNOCKOUT against Hitchens. Bravo
> > Chomsky!
> > >
> > > Thomas
> > >
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> that maintains the social peace and produces its ethical
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"Empire"
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