Hello, Or see: http://vordenker.de/ggphilosophy/mcculloch_whats-in-the-brain.pdf
--Jeff Jeff Downard Associate Professor Department of Philosophy NAU (o) 523-8354 ________________________________________ From: Jon Awbrey [[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2015 11:56 AM To: Danko Nikolic Cc: [email protected] Subject: [PEIRCE-L] Re: abduction in the brain That's ''Embodiments of Mind''. Jon http://inquiryintoinquiry.com > On Mar 26, 2015, at 2:52 PM, Jon Awbrey <[email protected]> wrote: > > Danko, > > Check the papers collected in his ''Embodied Mind''. That's probably where I > read it. > > Jon > > http://inquiryintoinquiry.com > >> On Mar 26, 2015, at 1:18 PM, Danko Nikolic <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Dear Jon, >> >> I never heard of that statement from McCulloch. But it sounds resonable. So, >> I will have to check it out. >> >> Thank you for that. >> >> Danko >> >>> On 26/03/15 17:25, Jon Awbrey wrote: >>> 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] >>>> ---------------------------- >> >> >> -- >> 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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