Monthly Archives: February 2012
Organic circuits
Dewey in 1896: (quoted in chapter 8 of Cziko’s Without Miracles) What we have is a circuit, not an arc or broken segment of a circle. This circuit is more truly termed organix than reflex, because the motor response determines … Continue reading
Speaking of Spare Time
Bennett: The Human Machine (1913) Invention is not usually their principal business. They must invent in their spare time. They must invent before breakfast, invent in the Strand between Lyons’s and the office, invent after dinner, invent on Sundays. See … Continue reading