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Another God
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Hi people. I have decided to go ahead with this on my own if no one helps me (nudge nudge, if anyone wants to help out on a rather large project, then feel free to email/PM me . Primarily my major concerns are webdesign, and possibly marketing/advertising aspects.)
Anyway, the idea which I have for the moment called the Forefront Forums is an idea where professional representatives of various fields debate their fields online. If you want to find out what I mean, then I have just prepared a brief explanation of what it is and why it's worth doing in word and attached it to this post.
The Point of this thread is to ask for people to offer fields/topics/etc in which there is a strong contention between theories, and if possible, present leading advocates of one or two of those theories.
For example, the best example I can think of is the field Mind Research. What is the mind is an important question, and one which has several well contested theories. There are the Functionalists, Identity theorists and Dualists for a start. Searle and Dennet always argue about cognitivism, so they are possible representatives of two camps. I don't know enough about it all to exactly say who represents what and how the camps should be demarcated (I don't know what is still contested and what is old news) so I can't give a solid example, but hopefully you all understand what I am asking, and can help me out.
So, I am looking for the topic being contended, the alternat theories, and the leading advocates of each theory.
THANKS!
Anyway, the idea which I have for the moment called the Forefront Forums is an idea where professional representatives of various fields debate their fields online. If you want to find out what I mean, then I have just prepared a brief explanation of what it is and why it's worth doing in word and attached it to this post.
The Point of this thread is to ask for people to offer fields/topics/etc in which there is a strong contention between theories, and if possible, present leading advocates of one or two of those theories.
For example, the best example I can think of is the field Mind Research. What is the mind is an important question, and one which has several well contested theories. There are the Functionalists, Identity theorists and Dualists for a start. Searle and Dennet always argue about cognitivism, so they are possible representatives of two camps. I don't know enough about it all to exactly say who represents what and how the camps should be demarcated (I don't know what is still contested and what is old news) so I can't give a solid example, but hopefully you all understand what I am asking, and can help me out.
So, I am looking for the topic being contended, the alternat theories, and the leading advocates of each theory.
THANKS!