Owen; Now that's just silly. You cant hate philosophers and love mathematicians. It's essentially the same project.
N 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 9:31:40 PM > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] The unreasonable Effectiveness of ABMs in ComplexSystems > > 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 > >> > >> > > > > > > > > ============================================================ > > 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
