ragland37{at}webtv.net (Michael Ragland) wrote in
news:cblk8s$27nl$1{at}darwin.ediacara.org: 

> Jim Menegay:
> John has recently directed me to the writings of Susan Oyama and the
> "Developmental Systems Theory" school. You, Michael, may also be
> interested. This movement (primarily one of the political left)
> rejects the conventional dichotomy between nature and nurture. It
> endorses both biological AND cultural determinism - we are, say, 90%
> determined by each - that is, many things are jointly determined. 
> 
> Response:
> Well my own view is strongly biologically deterministic. I also think
> the dichotomy between nature and nurture is false but instead of
> believing its is both biological and cultural I see nature/nurture as
> being ONE biological system.
> 
> Jim Mengay:
> I would recommend her book "Evolution's Eye: A Systems View of the
> Biology-Culture Divide". It has a good chapter on aggression, which,
> to my mind, hits the nail squarely on the head. And I'm not even a
> leftist. 
> 
> Response:
> Thanks. You've peaked my curiousity. I think I will at least read that
> chapter and give my feedback on this newsgroup.

Well I admit I have on occasion thought that your curiosity was out of
balance with your erudition (I suffer from the same problem), but I
would be unhappy to learn that your curiosity had actually peaked.
Hopefully your curiosity has just been piqued :-) 


Another book on this subject is "The Dependent Gene", which also
discusses the deep interaction between "nature" and "nurture" in
development. 


Yours,

Bill Morse
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