Re: [FRIAM] invitation + introduction

2010-04-11 Thread John Kennison
references to Toposes. --John From: friam-boun...@redfish.com [friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Leigh Fanning [le...@versiera.net] Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 1:07 AM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] invitation

Re: [FRIAM] invitation + introduction

2010-04-11 Thread Carl Tollander
-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Leigh Fanning [le...@versiera.net] Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 1:07 AM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] invitation + introduction On 09 Apr 2010 at 04:47 PM, John Kennison related Leigh, Is there a more complete

Re: [FRIAM] invitation + introduction

2010-04-10 Thread John Kennison
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] invitation + introduction John, I love such clarity - as expressed in your explanation of category theory. My reaction is Oh, so THAT's what category theory is! Thanks for taking the time to explain. Grant John Kennison

Re: [FRIAM] invitation + introduction

2010-04-10 Thread Steve Smith
John Owen Thanks for asking the question. In my answer, below, I describe the technical terminology impressionistically. If you want more precision, the Wikipedia articles are usually pretty good at giving precise definitions, along with some sense of the underlying ideas. Very good

Re: [FRIAM] invitation + introduction

2010-04-10 Thread Nicholas Thompson
@redfish.com Date: 4/10/2010 5:21:24 AM Subject: Re: [FRIAM] invitation + introduction Thanks, Grant and Owen, for the votes of confidence. Concerning complex adaptive systems, I would have to define a CAS in such a way that it can be interpreted in any topos --then see if we can analyze CAS's

Re: [FRIAM] invitation + introduction

2010-04-10 Thread Nicholas Thompson
...@clarku.edu) http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ http://www.cusf.org [City University of Santa Fe] - Original Message - From: Steve Smith To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Sent: 4/10/2010 8:35:24 AM Subject: Re: [FRIAM] invitation + introduction

Re: [FRIAM] invitation + introduction

2010-04-10 Thread John Kennison
Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] invitation + introduction John, I love such clarity - as expressed in your explanation of category theory. My reaction is Oh, so THAT's what category theory is! Thanks for taking the time to explain. Grant John Kennison wrote: Owen Thanks for asking

Re: [FRIAM] invitation + introduction

2010-04-10 Thread Grant Holland
Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] invitation + introduction John, Sounds very pertinent, and applicable to my current research - which I call Organic Complex Systems. Looking forward to your PDF. Pls send links to, or copies of, your 3 pubs if you will. Thanks, Grant John Kennison wrote

Re: [FRIAM] invitation + introduction

2010-04-10 Thread Leigh Fanning
On 09 Apr 2010 at 04:47 PM, John Kennison related Leigh, Is there a more complete title for the Dynamical System Theory in Biology volume from 1970? Is it a journal? or a series? It does sound interesting. Thanks. This is a book. Dynamical System Theory in Biology Volume I: Stability

Re: [FRIAM] invitation + introduction

2010-04-09 Thread Owen Densmore
On Apr 7, 2010, at 12:10 PM, John Kennison jkenni...@clarku.edu wrote: Hi Leigh, snip Nick introduced me to Rosen’s “Life Itself” and I have skimmed some articles by Rosen. I am both fascinated and disappointed by Rosen’s work. Fascinated by what Rosen says about the need to develop

Re: [FRIAM] invitation + introduction

2010-04-09 Thread Nicholas Thompson
] From: Owen Densmore o...@backspaces.net To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group friam@redfish.com Date: 4/9/2010 10:50:06 AM Subject: Re: [FRIAM] invitation + introduction On Apr 7, 2010, at 12:10 PM, John Kennison jkenni...@clarku.edu wrote: Hi Leigh, snip Nick introduced me

Re: [FRIAM] invitation + introduction

2010-04-09 Thread Grant Holland
I second Owen's request. Could you discuss how it can be applied to CAS? Thanks, Grant Owen Densmore wrote: On Apr 7, 2010, at 12:10 PM, John Kennison jkenni...@clarku.edu wrote: Hi Leigh, snip Nick introduced me to Rosen’s “Life Itself” and I have skimmed some articles by Rosen. I am

Re: [FRIAM] invitation + introduction

2010-04-09 Thread John Kennison
over time. From: friam-boun...@redfish.com [friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Owen Densmore [o...@backspaces.net] Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 12:50 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] invitation

Re: [FRIAM] invitation + introduction

2010-04-09 Thread John Kennison
[le...@versiera.net] Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 1:35 AM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] invitation + introduction Thank you for the welcome, and thank you also to any of you who attended Melanie Mitchell's talk or any of the other talks today. I don't

Re: [FRIAM] invitation + introduction

2010-04-09 Thread Owen Densmore
...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Owen Densmore [o...@backspaces.net] Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 12:50 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] invitation + introduction On Apr 7, 2010, at 12:10 PM, John Kennison jkenni...@clarku.edu wrote: Hi Leigh

Re: [FRIAM] invitation + introduction

2010-04-08 Thread Leigh Fanning
Of Leigh Fanning [le...@versiera.net] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 9:19 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: [FRIAM] invitation + introduction First, the invitation: On Thusday, the University of New Mexico Computer Science department will hold it's annual