The Human Animal (Humans)

by dhw, Monday, August 10, 2009, 08:45 (5376 days ago) @ xeno6696

I wrote: "If we accept physiological evolution, why can't we accept similar lines of descent in other areas? Since the name Adler is now prominent in our forum, perhaps we should switch from Mortimer to Alfred: could it be that we need to assert our superiority in this way because of some almighty inferiority complex? Or is it a hangover from religion?" - Matt asks: "Alfred, as in Whitehead?" - Sorry, I was trying to be clever. Mortimer Adler wrote The Difference of Man and the Difference it Makes, and Alfred Adler developed the concept of the inferiority complex.