Friday, January 4, 2019

Epistemology, Economics, Adaptation

From the perspective of Evolutionism, Locke's introduction of Secondary Qualities signifies a detachment from Epistemological Adaptation-To that is furthered by Berkeley's complete elimination of Primary Qualities, and by Hume's Skepticism about Causality.  Kant's Copernican Revolution takes the next step--a concept of Knowledge that consists in the Adaptation-Of an Environment, by an Organism, in terms of its Cognitive Categories.  But, Kant's Revolution then takes a more radical turn--the subordination of Theory to Practice, according to which an Organism is capable of behavior that is not a response to its Environment.  While the development is carried out in abstract terms, it reflects the significant historical trend of the era--the rise of the Industrial Revolution that is constituted by the application of the discoveries of Modern Theoretical Science.  But, while the introduction of Division of Labor can be recognized as another step away from Adaptation-To i. e. from unorganized Labor, the concept of a Free Market overseen by an Invisible Hand can just as clearly be recognized as a regressive development.  Accordingly, any interference in a Free Market signifies an elimination of resistance to the history of Adaptation-Of that, as has been previously discussed, constitutes the Evolution of the Human species.

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