I actually know that author pretty well (Kent Palmer); we met F2F and I learned a lot of Eastern and Middle-Eastern philosophy from the guy.
He is a good software designer, in his day job. In his philosophical writings, however, he is not a scientist. His writing can be interesting if you're willing to take it in the spirit of Continental philosophy (e.g. Jean Baudrillard), but you can't read it literally in the manner of a scientific text or a treatise of analytic philosophy. I read it more as if it were a very highbrow sort of poetry ;-) Ben G On Nov 12, 2007 2:44 PM, Linas Vepstas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 06:52:28AM -0700, John G. Rose wrote: > > Here is a stimulating read available online about emergent meta-systems > and > > Holonomics...ties a lot of things together, very rich reading. > > > > > http://www.scribd.com/doc/10456/Reflexive-Autopoietic-Dissipative-Speical-Sy > > stems-Theory-PalmerKD-2007vZ > > Psychobabble? I couldn't get past the first few sentences. Then things > like figure 19 nail it: it just screams "I studied quantum mechanics and > didn't get it. But this is what I think QM is saying". > > --linas > > ----- > This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email > To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: > http://v2.listbox.com/member/?&; > ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=64259686-65e053
