On 24 January 2014 14:01, Stephen Paul King <[email protected]>wrote:
> Dear LizR, > > The infinite nesting of boxes is one of the possible products of the > process that Kauffman is laboring to explain. It can be equally applied to > the construction of the natural numbers by starting with the null set and > adding layers of brackets, or by the von Neumann > constructor<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_number#A_standard_construction>, > or symbols systems that make reference to themselves, ... It is, IMHO, a > way of mathematically representing the Heraclitean notion of > Flux<http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/heraclitus/#Flu> > . > > I'd say an infinite tower of boxes is exactly opposite to the Heraclitean notion of Flux! Also, the von Neumann constructor (and similar systems) don't *start* with an infinite nesting. So all a bit confusing. Still ... maybe you could explain what he's getting at better than he can? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
