is it because it's true	anal newt center	07/13/26
The rhetorical need for a historical boogeyman. Many differe...	lilac theatre friendly grandma	07/13/26
Oh damn should I do this with my predecessors	anal newt center	07/13/26
Bet	lilac theatre friendly grandma	07/13/26
Historically, bad Latin and uncritical reading of "auth...	disrespectful clown	07/13/26
The Aristotelian claim that substances possess irreducible f...	lilac theatre friendly grandma	07/13/26
Rupert Sheldrake discussed this	anal newt center	07/13/26
The stuff he says about Aristotle is legit. Some of the stuf...	lilac theatre friendly grandma	07/13/26
...	anal newt center	07/13/26

Date: July 13th, 2026 10:17 PM Author: anal newt center is it because it's true (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882508&forum_id=2)#49997960)

Date: July 13th, 2026 10:27 PM Author: lilac theatre friendly grandma The rhetorical need for a historical boogeyman. Many different groups benefitted from portraying their predecessors as sterile schoolmen. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882508&forum_id=2)#49997987)

Date: July 13th, 2026 10:28 PM Author: anal newt center Oh damn should I do this with my predecessors (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882508&forum_id=2)#49997989)

Date: July 13th, 2026 10:33 PM Author: lilac theatre friendly grandma Bet (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882508&forum_id=2)#49997997)

Date: July 13th, 2026 10:34 PM Author: disrespectful clown Historically, bad Latin and uncritical reading of "authorities" based on incomplete or corrupt corpora, and then materialism in the natural sciences proved so powerful that the idea that substantial forms have any causal power was almost entirely abandoned. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882508&forum_id=2)#49998000)

Date: July 13th, 2026 10:52 PM Author: lilac theatre friendly grandma The Aristotelian claim that substances possess irreducible forms that ground their identity, unity and directed activities still has not been decisively refuted by science. I think at the very least a naturalized account of form as causally efficacious organization is highly plausible, while the stronger scholastic ontology remains a live but unverified interpretation. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882508&forum_id=2)#49998043)

Date: July 13th, 2026 10:54 PM Author: anal newt center Rupert Sheldrake discussed this (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882508&forum_id=2)#49998046)

Date: July 13th, 2026 10:59 PM Author: lilac theatre friendly grandma The stuff he says about Aristotle is legit. Some of the stuff he says regarding biology is obviously crankery, but actually not bad if taken as metaphor. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882508&forum_id=2)#49998061)

Date: July 13th, 2026 10:54 PM Author: anal newt center (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882508&forum_id=2)#49998047)