Fair question, Tom (1) Because I already have scientists around me to talk to, but no philosophers
(2) The texts I am struggling most with are written by philosophers. Nick Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology, Clark University ([email protected]) http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ > [Original Message] > From: Owen Densmore <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]> > Date: 4/28/2009 8:51:22 PM > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] The unreasonable Effectiveness of ABMs in ComplexSystems > > On Apr 28, 2009, at 8:31 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote: > > I wish the hell some you smart folks were reading this book with me: > > > > Bedau and Humphreys, EMERGENCE. MIT 2008. > > > > Does anybody know a good philosopher or two with time on their hands? > > Just out of curiosity: why a philosopher? Why not a scientist/ > mathematician? The book looked interesting when you brought it to > Friam. > > -- Owen > > ============================================================ 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
