On 04 May 2012, at 11:35, Pedro C. Marijuan wrote:
Dear Gordana, Hector and colleagues,
I keep thinking that the theme of "absences" is really fundamental
for advancing the foundations of information science, but I am
disappointed by the way Terry has oriented the book. Both style and
c
Dear Gordana, Pedro ans FIS colleagues,
Now I am too busy with the summer conferences and have no time to explain in
deep what I think about Terry’s book.
Shortly I can say that many already clear phenomena in the book are presented
as “just invented or to be invented”.
At the first place the
Dear colleagues,
Differently from The Symbolic Species, Incomplete Nature is too
naturalistic for my taste. It seems to me that the incompleteness and
absences are consequential to selection mechanisms operating. Selections can
operate recursively and lead to hyper-selection, trajectory
Dear Pedro,
I am sure that Terry Deacon would agree with you - the book is incomplete, and
it leaves host of open questions.
But that is what makes it attractive. It is a book that moves and provokes
thoughts.
So the idea to organize a conference about Incomplete Nature is a very good
idea.
Al
Dear Gordana, Hector and colleagues,
I keep thinking that the theme of "absences" is really fundamental for
advancing the foundations of information science, but I am disappointed
by the way Terry has oriented the book. Both style and contents are
inadequate for my taste. He continues to do w
