Hi Terry,
I have used the term ‘perception’ in referring to in-formation that affects
internal structure or dynamics. This would contrast with forms of potential
information that might pass through the system without being ‘perceived’. For
example, we have a finite number of mechanisms we
Dear Pedro, Dear Terry,
Always an optimist, I was convinced that there could be a convergence of your
approaches and my Logic in Reality starting from the domain of absence. What
Pedro refers to as functional voids, needs, gaps,
deficiencies (absences) are all predominantly negative aspects of
Hi Pedro,
Indeed, you capture a fundamental point of my work. I entirely agree with
your comment about living processes and their internal informative
organization. The three exceedingly simple molecular model systems (forms
of autogenesis) that I discuss toward the end of the paper were intended
Hi Guy,
Yes. At the very basic level that I explore with these ultra simple model
systems it would not be easy to distinguish perception and reaction. Both
involve interpretive steps, in that only some material
features—specifically those with potentially disruptive or constructive
potential for
