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DESCRIPTION:Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library\n\nProcess, Habit, and Memory\n\n   
 Mechanistic models predominate in modern science. Under modern mechanism, 
 universal forces alone move material particles, constantly rearranging them 
 in different configurations. Whitehead referred to this as simply a 
 ‘rearrangement of the parts,’ and rightly saw it as ruling out free 
 will and genuine evolution. Marx also argued against such a bourgeois 
 interpretation of matter precisely because it ‘excludes history and its 
 process.’ \n\n   In his recent book, Being Alive: New Science that 
 Recognizes and Attempts to Account for Life and Mind, author Philip Tryon 
 shows how history and process can be reintroduced into the sciences in 
 order to account for inclinations as well as non-random, purposeful 
 activities of organisms. He will describe to us an emerging model of 
 organicism that recognizes the agency, attempting to show how history and 
 process may come into play.\n\n   Briefly, all organic entities in the 
 universe embody processes that are repeating: A spider spins a web in a way 
 that is similar to its predecessors and to its own past self. Every seed 
 and fetus goes through a process of growth and development that is 
 representative of the species. Roses bloom over and over again. Every 
 individual protein molecule (of a given type) has one particular way of 
 folding up (except for prions). If the universe and its organisms have a 
 habit forming tendency, then this may provide a way of explaining memory in 
 the most general sense, showing how and why history, in the form of past 
 occasions, can be an influence on the present.\n\n\nSunday, Nov 15, 2015 - 
 10:30 am to 12:30 pm\n6501 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland (just North of 
 Alcatraz Ave.)\n\nSeating is limited, so plan to come early. We start 
 promptly.\nFREE - but hat will be passed for donations to NPML\n\nAbout 
 Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library\nA weekly discussion series inspired 
 by our respect for the work of Karl Marx and our belief that his work will 
 remain as important for the class struggles of the future as they have been 
 for the past. \n\nFor info or to subscribe to our weekly announcements, 
 \nCall Gene Ruyle at 510-332-3865 or email: cuyleruyle@mac.com\nFor our 
 full schedule, go to icssmarx.org \n\n 
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SUMMARY:Process, Habit, and Memory
LOCATION:NPML\n6501 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland (just North of Alcatraz Ave.)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/11/02/18779590.php
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