Danko, List, On mobile and not able to read your paper right now, so maybe you already mentioned this, but I recall W.S. McCulloch wrote something about “the reticular formation that marshals our abductions” and he was quite up on Peirce early on.
Regards, Jon http://inquiryintoinquiry.com > On Mar 26, 2015, at 11:01 AM, Danko Nikolic <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Dear members of Peirce list, > > I would like to bring to your attention the upcoming theoretical > paper in Journal of Theoretical Biology entitled "Practopoiesis: Or how > life fosters a mind". The paper proposes neurophysiological/cybernetic > account of > abductive reasoning, as introduced by Peirce. > > As I am not an expert of Perice's work (I am foremost a neuroscientist) but > my theory seems to apply to his contribution to logic, I would appreciate > very much any critical feedback. Have I understood abduction right? Or did I > misted out on something? > > Also, if there is anything else relevant from Peirce's work that I should > pay attention to, I would appreciate knowing. For example, the theory of > practopoiesis makes very specific suggestions of how the meaning (semantics) > is dealt with within neural systems. I don't know how much this particular > proposal is in agreement or in discord with Peirce's work on meaning. > > One can download a pre-print of the paper here: > > http://www.danko-nikolic.com/practopoiesis/ > > Thank you very much, and please do not hesitate to address to me any > well-deserved criticism. > > With best regards, > > Danko Nikolic > > > > > -- > Prof. Dr. Danko Nikolić > > Web: > http://www.danko-nikolic.com > > Mail address 1: > Department of Neurophysiology > Max Planck Institut for Brain Research > Deutschordenstr. 46 > 60528 Frankfurt am Main > GERMANY > > Mail address 2: > Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies > Wolfgang Goethe University > Ruth-Moufang-Str. 1 > 60433 Frankfurt am Main > GERMANY > > ---------------------------- > Office: (..49-69) 96769-736 > Lab: (..49-69) 96769-209 > Fax: (..49-69) 96769-327 > [email protected] > ---------------------------- >
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