Sort of like I say in my paper "The Importance of the Observer in Science" you mean? Or in my book "Theory of Nothing".
(Assuming I have correctly grokked your word "intensional"). On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 10:40:24AM -0400, Nicholas Thompson wrote: > Robert Holmes writes, > > "So if entropy is emergent and gravity is emergent and any other force > mediated by a subatomic particle is emergent, just how useful is it to label > something 'emergent' in this way? If the definition of emergence is so > broad, how can we usefully use it?" > > SOOOOOOOOOO, this seems to suggest that emergence is one of those > properties which are not brick wallk properties of the world except in so > far as they are seen from a particular point of view. I.E, intensional > properties. (sorry everybody). . But now, like Robert, I am beginning to > wonder if all properties arent intensional. I mean that was sort of > Einstein's point, wasnt it? I hate it when words I love and concepts I > live by suddenly crumble in my hands. > > Rushing, > > Nick > > > Nicholas Thompson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson > -- *PS: A number of people ask me about the attachment to my email, which is of type "application/pgp-signature". Don't worry, it is not a virus. It is an electronic signature, that may be used to verify this email came from me if you have PGP or GPG installed. Otherwise, you may safely ignore this attachment. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- A/Prof Russell Standish Phone 8308 3119 (mobile) Mathematics 0425 253119 (") UNSW SYDNEY 2052 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Australia http://parallel.hpc.unsw.edu.au/rks International prefix +612, Interstate prefix 02 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
