Thursday, May 31, 2018
Why sociobiology needs to be placed at the foundation of philosophy
In the past philosopher's talked about
the influence of culture on the philosopher, and wondered if the
philosopher could be "timeless" outside of his culture.
This was before postmodernism went wild and decided it could be
completely free ("condemned to freedom"---what arrogance) and invent a
relativity of truths and values, since all thing were the result of nurture not nature.
Sociobiology changed all that with its
empirical studies on the biological origin of social behavior.
Philosophers can't escape the implications of sociobiology and almost
seem suicidal to want to. Ideas are only as timeless as the biological
origin of social behavior relates to ideas (although there is a co-evolution between biology and culture, biology takes the lead.)
So that is why sociobiology needs to be
placed at the foundation of philosophy, which will effect the
specialties of philosophy, from politics to art. I think sociobiology
even relates to ontology and the definition of Being since I believe
we evolve to supermaterial Godhood in the material world.
This brings wild postmodernism and its
cultural Marxism back to reality as it does the spiritualism of
metaphysics, if they can admit it. It also brings Godhood or Being
back to reality, rejuvenating them without rejecting them. Conservatism also looks good because it is grounded in the biology of human nature---although conservatism needs to better admit the deep reality of evolution within tradition.
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