Quoting Nicholas Thompson circa 09-12-29 10:44 AM: > Rosen, again, eh? A couple of years ago I tried to get us goiing on Rosen > and it fell flat. Are there Roseners and non Roseners? What exactly IS a > rosener. Who of you out there ON THE LIST would say that YOU are a > Rosener?
I am not a Rosenite; but I'm fond of Rosenites. I have lots of sympathy for them. It falls flat, in my opinion, because of the sophistry surrounding Rosen's works. As with all sophistry, it's difficult to find any fundamental flaws; but the flaws are there. My main objection lies in the assumption that there is an accurate fine-grained mapping between what goes on "in here" (inferential entailment) and what goes on "out there" (causal entailment). The relationship between the two is, to me, merely analogical. -- glen e. p. ropella, 971-222-9095, http://agent-based-modeling.com ============================================================ 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
