[lbo-talk] Re: Biology and Society

[Carrol Cox]

It seems there is always confusion when an attempt is made to derive
real propositions from tautological premises. Humans are animals. That
is either tautological or incoherent. Any affirmationf _or_ denial of it
is going to lead to more confusion. Humans are biological is simply
awkward English. Humans are biological creatures brings in a creator.
Humans are biological agents. Gee Whiz! That can't make any sense
because its contrary can't make any sense.

Possibly there are no propositions of the form "Humans are X" that are
both coherent and non-tautological. At least I've never come across a
coherent discussion in which participants try to draw concrete
conclusions starting out with universal propositions about humans.

Carrol