I should have said that the properties of a, b, c and E are synchronic. Nick
Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology, Clark University ([email protected]) http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ > [Original Message] > From: russell standish <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]> > Date: 4/29/2009 6:14:43 PM > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] emergence, again > > On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 09:33:42PM -0600, Nicholas Thompson wrote: > > Here > > is the kind of problem that bothers philosophers: let a, b, and c > > constitute macro-entity E and let the behavior of E. be controled by the > > properties and intereactions of a, b and c. Now, let one of the behaviors > > of E to control the behavior of a, b, or c. Is there a problem here? > > > > Nick > > > > No. It sounds like a perfectly reasonable way of building a control > system. Should there be a problem? > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > Mathematics > UNSW SYDNEY 2052 [email protected] > Australia http://www.hpcoders.com.au > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================ 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
