@misc{Lexicon of Arguments, title = {Quotation from: Lexicon of Arguments – Concepts - Ed. Martin Schulz, 29 Mar 2024}, author = {Dennett,Daniel}, subject = {Natural Laws}, note = {I 137/8 Natural law/error/Dennett: A calculator that for some reason sometimes spits wrong numbers would still obey the natural laws. >Functions. I 165 Natural law/laws/explanation/ Dennett: biology/evolution: instead of natural laws we can explain a lot with a lack of opportunity. E.g. Dollos Law: There is no reason why evolutionary trends should not be reversible. DennettVs: this is a statistical statement, not a law. >Regularities, >Regularity theory, >Statistics, >Laws, >Law statements.}, note = { Dennett I D. Dennett Darwin’s Dangerous Idea, New York 1995 German Edition: Darwins gefährliches Erbe Hamburg 1997 Dennett II D. Dennett Kinds of Minds, New York 1996 German Edition: Spielarten des Geistes Gütersloh 1999 Dennett III Daniel Dennett "COG: Steps towards consciousness in robots" In Bewusstein, Thomas Metzinger, Paderborn/München/Wien/Zürich 1996 Dennett IV Daniel Dennett "Animal Consciousness. What Matters and Why?", in: D. C. Dennett, Brainchildren. Essays on Designing Minds, Cambridge/MA 1998, pp. 337-350 In Der Geist der Tiere, D Perler/M. Wild, Frankfurt/M. 2005 }, file = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=250769} url = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=250769} }