[asa] The Agent and the Mousetrap

I've been reading Angus Menuge's book "Agents Under Fire." His critique of
"strong" and "weak" agent reductionism is interesting in its own right. He
tries to bolster that critique with a broader critique of Darwinism based on
irreducible complexity. He responds to a number of standard objections to
IC, including the theory that apparently IC systems could have developed
through co-optation. His response to the co-optation scenario seems fairly
strong.

Why is co-optation considered a slam dunk in light of responses like
Menuge's? Also, aside from his critique of Darwinism, any thoughts on the
philosophical critique of SAR and WAR?

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Received on Thu Oct 19 16:41:08 2006