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Dear FIS colleagues, Someone was asking me about the complete reference of Wright (2007)... indeed his key ideas are pretty relevant for the ongoing exchanges. Alex Wright, 2007, Glut: Mastering Information through the Ages. Joseph Henry Press (Wash.) ----------------------------------------------------- In Stan's last posting, below, he has attributed me some paragraphs from Joe, I think. Pedro said - 1. The Hegelian structure of thesis - antithesis -synthesis is in my terms abstract and idealized, applicable to linguistic entities. What is the driving force, even in Hegelian terms, that enables movement from one stage to the other? 2. Real systems, on the other hand, have a dynamics, usually driven by some form of energy gradient. My approach is different in that I attribute a logic to the resulting changes, which seem to follow a pattern of alternating predominance of first one element, then the opposing one. -----------------S: It seems to me that you appear here to have joined Engels in trying yo generalize the Hegelian developmental movement to material systems ------------------------------. Thanks to Bill for his first posting. I was attracted by his encapsulation "...the primary commodity is knowledge to solve the problems of life." it may not only be an elegant intermediate statement, but also a very fertile starting point. One of the advantages of advancing a new info science/discipline (Ted's last msg. too) is that one can plant new "principles" directly in the most strategic places, and the "epistemic backpack" one has to carry becomes considerably lighter. The famous quotation from Whitehead --on historical advantages of using the "zero" figure-- which I have repeated several times in this list ("operations of thought are like cavalry charges...") may be reminded in this context... Sorry if all this sounds like a telegram. ----Pedro --  |
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