I am not so sanguine about what I think of as word collage. I know it is old fashioned, but I am REALLY (now I _am_shouting) committed to the notion that the test of communication is how well one has been understood, not whether one has used the words that make one proud.
Nick Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology, Clark University ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > [Original Message] > From: Phil Henshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 8/9/2008 11:05:57 AM > Subject: RE: [FRIAM] 1. Re: Rosen, Life Itself (Marcus G. Daniels) > > Interesting observation. That's rather common in how conversations and > languages evolve I think, reusing pieces snatched from old ones, without the > whole. In culture the 'compost' is very nutritious. Natural systems, > biology and economies often find new uses for the compost of prior > constructs left over, bent a bit maybe, used in combination with other bits > of things from other origins maybe. That's how technologies cross fertilize > too. The most natural thing around, really. > > Phil > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Nicholas Thompson > > Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 2:38 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [FRIAM] 1. Re: Rosen, Life Itself (Marcus G. Daniels) > > > > As I continue to struggle, page by page, with Rosen, I begin to realize > > that much of his LINGO is category theory LINGO. > > > > As I read Daniels and Riopella below, I wonder if much of THEIR lingo > > isnt > > category theory lingo. > > > > So, I am beginning to wonder, is it possible that Category Theory is > > one of > > those intellectual developments that has been roundly rejected by the > > mainstream, but whose language has crept into the mainstream to a very > > great degree? > > > > N > > > > Nicholas S. Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology, > > Clark University ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================================================ > > 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 > > ============================================================ 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
