{"id":6392,"date":"2023-06-28T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=6392"},"modified":"2023-02-20T15:06:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T15:06:41","slug":"looking-at-ian-hodders-book-2018-where-are-we-heading-part-3-of-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=6392","title":{"rendered":"Looking at Ian Hodder&#8217;s Book (2018) &#8220;Where Are We Heading?&#8221; (Part 3 of 15)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>0024 Here is a picture of&nbsp;<em>Hodder&#8217;s general theory of entanglement<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Slide04-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Slide04-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Slide04-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Slide04-3-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 04<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0025 Here is a diagram of&nbsp;<em>the relational structure of biological adaptation<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Slide05-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Slide05-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Slide05-4.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Slide05-4-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 05<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0026 Notice any similarities?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Does this summarize Hodder&#8217;s book?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, it does, because Hodder, as a scientist, limits his vision to sensible construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No, it does not, because the two diagrams are different, even though they appear remarkably similar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0027 There are two actualities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Things<sub>2a<\/sub>&nbsp;occupy the slot for actuality<sub>2a<\/sub>&nbsp;in the content-level of both two-level interscopes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The ways that people use things and take care of them<sub>2b<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;occupies&nbsp;<em>the slot for actuality<sub>2b<\/sub>&nbsp;on the situation-level,<\/em>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>the normal context of entanglement<sub>3b<\/sub><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Biological adaptations<sub>2b<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;occupies&nbsp;<em>the slot for actuallity<sub>2b<\/sub>&nbsp;on the situation level,<\/em>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>the normal context of natural selection<sub>2b<\/sub><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0028 What does that imply?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The logics of normal contexts<sub>3<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;include exclusion, complementarity and alignment.&nbsp;&nbsp;I can rule out the first and the third options, leaving me with the second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Entanglement<sub>2b<\/sub>&nbsp;complements natural selection<sub>2b<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly,&nbsp;<em>the potential &#8216;uses of things&#8217;<sub>1b<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;complements&nbsp;<em>the biological concept of niche<sub>1b<\/sub><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0029 Where are we heading?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are we heading to the realization that&nbsp;<em>people&#8217;s use of things, as well as their care for things<sub>2b<\/sub>,<\/em>&nbsp;complements&nbsp;<em>the biological notion of adaptation<sub>2b<\/sub>?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are we are heading to an awareness that&nbsp;<em>what Hodder calls &#8220;entanglement&#8221;<sub>3b<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;may be an adaptation<sub>2b<\/sub>&nbsp;into the human niche<sub>1b<\/sub>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the answers are &#8220;yes&#8221;, then perhaps&nbsp;<em>the concept of biological adaptation<sub>2b<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;relies on (and is therefore, formatted by)&nbsp;<em>our innate capacity for using and caring for things<sub>2b<\/sub><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0030 Does Darwin pick up on that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What do&nbsp;<em>natural selection<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>selective breeding by humans<\/em>&nbsp;have in common?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>0024 Here is a picture of&nbsp;Hodder&#8217;s general theory of entanglement. 0025 Here is a diagram of&nbsp;the relational structure of biological adaptation. 0026 Notice any similarities? 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