Here is a draft of the introductory paragraph from my work in progress entitled “Bioepistemology: The View From The Mesocosm”.
"The argument presented here is that specific physical experiences, shared by all humans, are references for mental content. These experiences, realized in construction and maintenance of organisms, include 1. encapsulation of DNA, 2. individuation, 3. synthesis, 4. metamorphosis and 5. active and passive mechanisms for making distinctions. these experiences translate into fundamental, human concepts, both as individual-personal ideas and as social-collective ideas. these experiences are processes in genetic continuums, hence they involve motion in time.
Objections for any argument that would seek evolutionary origins to epistemological questions come mostly from philosophers who believe, from some sense of human hubris, that no such continuum can be expressed or that a 3% DNA human advantage over chimps presents a universe of differences. Philosophers also lay claims to absolute ideas, which are not subject to opur common experience of flux.
What’s your take on the argument?