Dear colleagues,
I see informational processes as essentially being proto-scientific – how is
any science not an informational process?
The sciences, in my opinion, are different in terms of what is communicated. As
Maturana noted, the communication of molecules generates a biology.
Thanks Loet, that is helpful, and makes intuitively good sense. But I
remain puzzled. I see two distinct cases:
Case 1: For molecules 'communication' consists of interaction between
the molecules themselves, resulting in biology.
Similarly, for atoms 'communication' consists of interaction
Greetings to all,
As I read these comments I have a hard time finding an effective
anchor upon which to add notes. I see informational processes as
essentially being proto-scientific – how is any science not an
informational process? First, I think this places me in the camp of
Peirce's view.
Original Message
Subject: RE: [Fis] RV: THE FOURTH GREAT DOMAIN OF SCIENCE:
INFORMATIONAL? (R.Capurro)
Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 16:02:53 +
From: John Collier colli...@ukzn.ac.za
Rafael, Joseph, list members,
That is an interesting way of
Thanks Robert,
I agree with what you say about DNA, so I may be on the same slippery
path to catastrophic heterodoxy!
In responding to the question what is information, started by Marcus,
I was pointing out what seemed to me to be a shifting definition of
'communication', and wondering if
Dear FIS colleagues,
The message (below) is quite interesting, as were several others e.g., the
ongoing exchange between Moises and Loet. The clever work on the maps of
science can help quite a bit to provide a more firm grounding to the whole
informational enterprise (domain) and to others
FIS folks,
Once again I need to step back into my niche role from the library side of
things and share Garfield's breakthrough work from 60 years ago.
http://www.library.fa.ru/files/Garfield.pdf
Ken
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Ken Herold
Director, Library Information Systems
Hamilton College
198 College Hill Road
Dear Dai:
To say that molecules only interact directly is to ignore the metabolic
matrix that constitutes the actual agency in living systems. For example,
we read everywhere how DNA/RNA directs development, when the molecule
itself is a passive material cause. It is the network of proteomic and
Physics students in Brazil do not read much about philosophy. They should
read more :-). I remember I thought that the physical universe was entirely
explained by mathematics. I found out later, for example, a huge number of
mathematically possible universes. Then, I was then presented to the
