Re: [Fis] Fw: Fw: Idealism and Materialism - and Empiricism

2017-11-09 Thread Dai Griffiths
Joseph says that "Luhmann perhaps deserves some historical credit for basing  his theory on information". I would not give him any special credit for this, but I do see value elsewhere. To my mind Luhmann does not base his theory on information, in the sense of establishing a theory of informa

Re: [Fis] Fw: Fw: Idealism and Materialism - and Empiricism

2017-11-08 Thread Mark Johnson
sation? Best wishes, Mark -Original Message- From: "Joseph Brenner" Sent: ‎08/‎11/‎2017 18:29 To: "fis" Cc: "javierwe...@gmail.com" Subject: [Fis] Fw: Fw: Idealism and Materialism - and Empiricism  Dear Jose Javier, Thank you very much fo

[Fis] Fw: Fw: Idealism and Materialism - and Empiricism

2017-11-08 Thread Joseph Brenner
Dear Jose Javier, Thank you very much for your constructive response to my note. I respect your view of Luhmann and his constructivism (?), which you have certainly correctly summarized in a few words. However, what the Lupasco theory of actuality and potentiality does is to offer some ontolo