Dear Hector, This might be a good way, Terry Deacon presenting his book: http://fora.tv/2012/04/18/Incomplete_Nature_How_Mind_Emerged_From_Matter
What I find fascinating with this book is the whole dynamical framework, from thermodynamics, to morphodynamics and teleodynamics. See also: http://www.american.edu/cas/economics/info-metrics/pdf/upload/Beavers-Oct-2011-presentation.pdf For sure, Deacon is not computationalist and his ideas of information and computation are pretty classical ones. But it does not matter in this context. For a computationalist all three kinds of dynamics are computational processes, and corresponding structures are informational structures. With best wishes, Gordana -----Original Message----- From: fis-boun...@listas.unizar.es [mailto:fis-boun...@listas.unizar.es] On Behalf Of Hector Zenil Sent: den 27 april 2012 22:40 To: Pedro C. Marijuan Cc: fis@listas.unizar.es Subject: Re: [Fis] POSTS ON TERRY' S BOOK 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
