Some examples I like to think about:
Waves arrange pebbles on a beach from small to large
A puddle maintains its temperature at 32 degrees as long as it has ice in
it.
The carotid sinus maintains the acidity of the blood by causing us to
breath more oxygen when it gets to acid. (I hope I have
I have had a version of this problem for several years, because I want to start
with small-molecule chemistry on early planets, and eventually talk about
biospheres full of evolving actors. I have wanted to have a rough category
system for how many qualitative kinds of transitions I should
I'm not sure what "closure to efficient cause" means. I considered using as
an example an outdoor light that charges itself (and stays off) during the
day and goes on at night. In what important way is that different from a
flashlight? They both have energy storage systems (batteries). Does it
I'm still attracted to Rosen's closure to efficient cause. Your flashlight
example is classified as non-agent (or non-living ... tomayto tomahto) because
the efficient cause is open. Now, attach sensor and effector to the flashlight
so that it can flick it*self* on when it gets dark and off
I was recently wondering about the informal distinction we make between
things that are agents and things that aren't.
For example, I would consider most living things to be agents. I would also
consider many computer programs when in operation as agents. The most
obvious examples (for me) are
>I do suspect that the practice and vocation of philosophy is being altered
in the face of things like the development of Category Theory and now LLMs
One of Joe Ramsey's colleagues, Steve Awodey, is working on a reformulation
of the foundations of mathematics based on category theory.
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I like the term "epistemic trespass" and generally agree with the idea
glen promotes in that regard.
My direct experience with *many* experimentalists trained and
self-selected as physicists or chemists or materials scientists was that
many of them were excellent engineers, computer systems
This merely seems like triggered gatekeeping to me. Yeah, sure, working
philosophers have skills and behaviors working [insert your favorite other clique]
don't have. But, if it's not already obvious, especially to anyone who's had ANY
contact with organizations like the SFI, epistemic
That is indeed a nifty quote, frank. Thanks for posting it.
I spaced out and came late to Thuram. Stephen and had a really
enlightening (for me) conversation..
Well into my second reading of MCarthy's Stella Maris.
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On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 11:33 AM Frank Wimberly wrote:
> Joe Ramsey, who
Joe Ramsey, who took over my job.in the Philosophy Department at Carnegie
Mellon, posted the following on Facebook:
I like Neil DeGrasse Tyson a lot, but I saw him give a spirited defense of
science in which he oddly gave no credit to philosophers at all. His straw
man philosopher is a dedicated
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