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Samuel Bostaph <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 6 Oct 2009 14:30:05 -0400
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Mohammad Gani wrote
 >I never understood how deliberate action leads to spontaneous order. To act
 >spontaneously is to act instinctively without conscious pursuit of goals.


What does "instinctively" mean? I thought instinct theory was a dead 
issue, the word "instinct" simply being used to express a lack of 
causal understanding.

Samuel Bostaph

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