Søren -- Your "science without philosophy" is what we have mostly been having since the industrial revolution. In this period sciences has mostly been the handmaid of engineering and technology, following Francis Bacon's recommendation. Now that our culture has captured and partly destroyed much of the world, it is time to regain a philosophical grip on the 'sorcerer's apprentice'! One tool for this is to reinstate final cause and Aristotle's four causes analysis.
STAN On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Pedro C. Marijuan < pcmarijuan.i...@aragon.es> wrote: > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: SV: [Fis] Science, Philosophy and Information. An > Alternative > Relation > Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:32:04 +0100 > From: Søren Brier <sb....@cbs.dk> > To: joe.bren...@bluewin.ch <joe.bren...@bluewin.ch>, Pedro Clemente > Marijuan Fernandez <pcmarijuan.i...@aragon.es>, fis@listas.unizar.es > <fis@listas.unizar.es>, John Collier <colli...@ukzn.ac.za> > References: <6043399.89641360255002322.javamail.webm...@bluewin.ch> > > > > Dear Joseph > > > > I go for each of the three nominally independent disciplines are not > independent, but that each provides a dynamic ontological and > epistemological link to the other two, more or less strong or "actual" > depending on the extent to which one wishes to emphasize certain aspects > of knowledge. Science without philosophy is stupid but philosophy > without science is blind. I am for a synergetic interaction. > > > > > > Best wishes > > > > Søren Brier > > > > Professor in the semiotics of information, cognition and commmunication > science, > > department of International Business Communication, Copenhagen Business > School, > > Dalgas Have 15, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark, > > > > > > > > > > *Fra:* fis-boun...@listas.unizar.es > [mailto:fis-boun...@listas.unizar.es] *På vegne af *joe.bren...@bluewin.ch > *Sendt:* 7. februar 2013 17:37 > *Til:* Pedro Clemente Marijuan Fernandez; fis@listas.unizar.es; John > Collier > *Emne:* [Fis] Science, Philosophy and Information. An Alternative Relation > > > > Dear FIS Colleagues, > > The formation of the the Society for the Philosophy of Information at > the University of Hertfordshire is announced in the link in John's note. > It includes the announcement and Call for Papers of the International > Conference on the Philosophy of Information to be held in Xi'An, China > in October, 2013, sponsored by both the above Society, led by Professor > Luciano Floridi and the Institute for the Philosophy of Information in > Xi'An under the direction of Professor Wu Kun. > > This increased activity in the area of the philosophy of information > (another major Workshop is planned this Spring) raises the issue of the > relation between the science and philosophy of information as well as of > the philosophy of science. I am aware of and agree with the position > expressed by Pedro that information science in the FIS framework should > emphasize scientific research in the sense of knowledge that is > quantifiable and/or provable. However, I do not believe that either he > or others of you intend to exclude rigorous qualitative knowledge, > especially as it concerns the dual nature of information. > > The ubiquitous presence of information in all disciplines, as emphasized > by Wu, suggests an alternative relation linking philosophy, science and > information that is NOT one of simple hierarchical inclusion or > possession ("of"). One possibility is to say that it is information that > links philosophy and science, but this formulation perhaps fails to > recognize the general properties of the latter two. > > Another possibility is to say that each of the three nominally > independent disciplines are not independent, but that each provides a > dynamic ontological and epistemological link to the other two, more or > less strong or "actual" depending on the extent to which one wishes to > emphasize certain aspects of knowledge. > > I look forward to your comments regarding the pros and cons of such a > conception. Thank you. > > Best wishes, > > Joseph > > ----Ursprüngliche Nachricht---- > Von: colli...@ukzn.ac.za <mailto:colli...@ukzn.ac.za> > Datum: 04.02.2013 18:57 > An: "fis"<fis@listas.unizar.es <mailto:fis@listas.unizar.es>> > Betreff: [Fis] Society for the Philosophy of Information > > http://www.socphilinfo.org/ > > > ---------- > Professor John Collier > colli...@ukzn.ac.za <mailto:colli...@ukzn.ac.za> > Philosophy and Ethics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4041 South > Africa > T: +27 (31) 260 3248 / 260 2292 F: +27 (31) 260 3031 > <http://web.ncf.ca/collier>http://web.ncf<http://web.ncf.ca/collier > >.ca/collier > <http://web.ncf%3chttp:/web.ncf.ca/collier%3e.ca/collier> > > _______________________________________________ > fis mailing list > fis@listas.unizar.es <mailto:fis@listas.unizar.es> > https://webmail.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis > > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------- > Pedro C. Marijuán > Grupo de Bioinformación / Bioinformation Group > Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud > Centro de Investigación Biomédica de Aragón (CIBA) > Avda. San Juan Bosco, 13, planta X > 50009 Zaragoza, Spain > Tfno. +34 976 71 3526 (& 6818) > 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 >
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