Lose the philosophers.
-- Owen
On Apr 28, 2009, at 9:22 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote:
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
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