Dear Hector, What, exactly, is your objection to it? It's anti-reductionism (that I would object to also) or it's claim that Turing computation is insufficient (to which I have no objection)?
With respect, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering http://iase.info On Apr 27, 2012, at 1:39 PM, Hector Zenil wrote: > Could someone summarize why Terrence Deacon's book is such a presumed > breakthrough judging by the buzz it has generated among FIS > enthusiasts? > > Thanks. > > > On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 11:09 AM, Pedro C. Marijuan > <pcmarijuan.i...@aragon.es> wrote: >> Dear colleagues, >> >> Krassimir Markov's suggestion is excellent. Next year we could have a >> FIS conference in his place, centered in the exploration of the new info >> avenue drafted by Terrence Deacon's book, and started by Stuart Kauffman >> and others. Previously my suggestion is that we have a regular >> discussion session (like the many ones had in this list). A couple of >> voluntary chairs, and an opening text would be needed. Sure Bob Logan >> could handle this (perhaps off list) and we would have a fresh >> discussion session for the coming months. >> >> Technical Note: the current messages are not entering in the list; the >> filter is rejecting them as there are too many addresses together. >> Please, send the fis address single, and all the others separated or as >> as Cc. Otherwise I will have to enter them one by one. >> >> best >> >> ---Pedro >> (fis list coordination) >> >> ------------------------------------------------- >> Pedro C. Marijuán >> Grupo de Bioinformación / Bioinformation Group >> Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud >> Avda. Gómez Laguna, 25, Pl. 11ª >> 50009 Zaragoza, Spain >> Telf: 34 976 71 3526 (& 6818) Fax: 34 976 71 5554 >> pcmarijuan.i...@aragon.es >> http://sites.google.com/site/pedrocmarijuan/ >> ------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> fis mailing list >> fis@listas.unizar.es >> https://webmail.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis > > _______________________________________________ > fis mailing list > fis@listas.unizar.es > https://webmail.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis _______________________________________________ fis mailing list fis@listas.unizar.es https://webmail.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis