[Fis] _ Re: Fis Digest, Vol 24, Issue 39

2016-03-30 Thread Alex Hankey
RE: Fis Digest Vol 24, Issue 39. Kauffman: Every idea is real and alive. Platonism asserts this directly in the belief in the existence of form and this form is a living form that we interact with and we are. How these notions are related to QM probably does await the emergence of a deeper QM.

[Fis] Ulanowicz

2016-04-05 Thread Alex Hankey
also appears to be the kind of information used in 'intuition' and may therefore be more widely considered some kind of 'language of nature'. -- Alex Hankey M.A. (Cantab.) PhD (M.I.T.) Distinguished Professor of Yoga and Physical Science, SVYASA, Eknath Bhavan, 19 Gavipuram Circle Bangalore 5

[Fis] Fis 25 / 9

2016-04-05 Thread Alex Hankey
the square root of the Herfyndaho index, since this can be additive when combining distributions.) -- Alex Hankey M.A. (Cantab.) PhD (M.I.T.) Distinguished Professor of Yoga and Physical Science, SVYASA, Eknath Bhavan, 19 Gavipuram Circle Bangalore 560019, Karnataka, India Mobile (Intn'l): +44

Re: [Fis] Fis Digest, Vol 24, Issue 20

2016-03-25 Thread Alex Hankey
gt; egg-cell, you would encounter three symmetry axes that would co-define the > future axes of animal development--dorsal/ventral, anterior/posterior, > lateral/medial. Another matter would be about the timing of complexity, > whether mere repetition of cycles could generate or not s

Re: [Fis] Fis Digest, Vol 24, Issue 2

2016-03-02 Thread Alex Hankey
o a material aspect, and I stand somewhere > in-between. In any case, all can convey meaning but of quite different > types. Do you have a specific view you are advocating here, beyond your > general allusion to Husserlian meaning? > > > What is wanted in a phenomenological analysis of information . . . > full-blown uncovering

[Fis] Fis: 25/7

2016-04-04 Thread Alex Hankey
there is a lot to digest! (And my own views are radical, and almost as violent as the victor's approach to the Gordian Knot itself!) -- Alex Hankey M.A. (Cantab.) PhD (M.I.T.) Distinguished Professor of Yoga and Physical Science, SVYASA, Eknath Bhavan, 19 Gavipuram Circle Bangalore 560019, Karnataka, India

Re: [Fis] The phenomenology of life

2016-04-29 Thread Alex Hankey
eins and channels that control > several cellular functions, notably gene expression by means of > transcriptional switches that may interact with several coactivator > partners. The whole biochemical changes produced in the cell represent the > response to the received signal —

[Fis] _ Re: _ Fwd: Vol 25, #32, Nature of Self

2016-04-30 Thread Alex Hankey
hey can exist only together > and not separately. Nagarjuna’s way of resolving this problem, by > pointing to the interdependency of identity and difference, is remarkably > similar to the one proposed by Merleau-Ponty many years later. > > Steve Bindeman > > >

[Fis] _ Re: _ FIS discusion

2016-04-30 Thread Alex Hankey
there trying to > make others as you want them to be, but attempting to know them as they > are. The task is precisely > a challenge since it is a matter of achieving knowledge about living > bodies that are different from, > yet evolutionarily connected to, your living body. Jane Goodall

[Fis] _ Re: _ Gödel discussion

2016-05-03 Thread Alex Hankey
usion >>> holds. However, it is a mistake to conclude that no possible formalization >>> of Arithmetic can be complete. In a formal system that distinguishes >>> between the two possible readings of the Gödel sentence (an operation that >>> would considerably complicate th

[Fis] _ Re: : Vol 25, #32, Nature of Self

2016-05-02 Thread Alex Hankey
> > I find Nagarjuna’s reasoning to be reductive because he demonstrates how, > whether you begin with a belief in the truth of either identity or > difference, in either case you are led by implication to an untenable > position. Since both notions are thus "empty of sel

Re: [Fis] FIS Discussion (No Vol #)

2016-05-02 Thread Alex Hankey
specifically denies it. The sentential calculus of Frege & co has no bite - it is superficial and not the enamel required to start up the mind's intellectual digestion and absorption processes. -- Alex Hankey M.A. (Cantab.) PhD (M.I.T.) Distinguished Professor of Yoga and Physical Science, S

Re: [Fis] FIS Discussion (No Vol #)

2016-05-02 Thread Alex Hankey
processes. I confess that I am a slightly unwilling Whiteheadian! (There is much to learn!) On 2 May 2016 at 09:55, Bruno Marchal <marc...@ulb.ac.be> wrote: > Hi Alex, > > On 02 May 2016, at 08:30, Alex Hankey wrote: > > RE Bruno Marchal: It is easier to explain the illus

[Fis] FIS Discussion (No Vol #)

2016-05-02 Thread Alex Hankey
choices, and selects among its own futures. I had a lengthy conversation with Henry Stapp two days ago at the conference after his talk, and checked that he still approves of this approach. My best to all, Alex P.S. Thanks to all for making this such a rich and interesting discussion. -- Alex

[Fis] _ Re:: Vol 25, #32, Nature of Self

2016-05-02 Thread Alex Hankey
cal philosophical-scientific approach of > Alex and logical-mathematical set theory and / or the "hierarchy of > subsumption evolving" Stan. However, reductionism does not satisfy > neither pays. > A collective embrace the FIS network. > Francesco > > 2016-05-01

[Fis] Fwd: _ Re: _ Gödel discussion

2016-05-04 Thread Alex Hankey
” and “Shadows of the Mind”.) -- Alex Hankey M.A. (Cantab.) PhD (M.I.T.) Distinguished Professor of Yoga and Physical Science, SVYASA, Eknath Bhavan, 19 Gavipuram Circle Bangalore 560019, Karnataka, India Mobile (Intn'l): +44 7710 534195 Mobile (India) +91 900 800 8789

[Fis] Fwd: _ Re: _ Gödel discussion

2016-05-05 Thread Alex Hankey
By the way, the argument below was sent to me by Lou Kauffman. On 4 May 2016 at 20:11, Alex Hankey <alexhan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Fis Colleagues, > > I received this comment on Lucas's argument that seems to me short and > sweet, > so I am posting it for our general

Re: [Fis] Essential Core?

2016-07-08 Thread Alex Hankey
seen some bad > misreadings of what he was saying.* > > > > ___ > Fis mailing list > Fis@listas.unizar.es > http://listas.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis > > -- Alex Hankey M.A. (Cantab.) PhD (M.I.T.) Distinguis

Re: [Fis] Essential Core?

2016-07-08 Thread Alex Hankey
; Science and Information Theory. I read it as an undergrad, and it has >> strongly influenced my views. It is unfortunate, I think, that it hasn’t >> influenced English speaking scientists much. I have also seen some bad >> misreadings of what he was saying.* >&g

[Fis] Fwd: Re: Shannonian Mechanics?

2016-06-30 Thread Alex Hankey
Pedro suggested that I send these comments to the whole group, so here they are -- Forwarded message -- From: "Alex Hankey" <alexhan...@gmail.com> Date: 29 Jun 2016 21:20 Subject: Re: [Fis] Shannonian Mechanics? To: "Pedro C. Marijuan" <pcmarijuan.i.

Re: [Fis] Is quantum information the basis of spacetime?

2016-11-12 Thread Alex Hankey
a quantum level that forms Fisher Information. Frieden's points apply to quantum physics as well as classical physics. Best wishes, Alex Hankey On 12 November 2016 at 18:56, Loet Leydesdorff <l...@leydesdorff.net> wrote: > Dear Marcus, > > > > When considering things in

[Fis] Fwd: What is life?

2016-12-17 Thread Alex Hankey
wishes, Alex Hankey On 18 December 2016 at 02:53, Krassimir Markov <mar...@foibg.com> wrote: > Dear Arturo, > Your mobile is NOT able to transmit and utilize INFORMATION but some > signals!!! > As well as the artificial limb walk with its owner but it is not a living > mate

Re: [Fis] Who may prove that consciousness is an Euclidean n-space ???

2016-11-30 Thread Alex Hankey
s@listas.unizar.es> > http://listas.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis > > -- > > ___ > Fis mailing list > Fis@listas.unizar.es > http://listas.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis > > > _

Re: [Fis] Fis Digest, Vol 33, Issue 41: On the relation between information and meaning

2016-12-24 Thread Alex Hankey
t;> question of ?what is information?? As the discussion on this list >> demonstrates, one does not easily agree on an essential answer; one >> can answer the question ?how is information defined?? Information is >> not ?something out there? which ?exists? otherwise than as our constr

Re: [Fis] Fis Digest, Vol 33, Issue 41: On the relation between information and meaning

2016-12-24 Thread Alex Hankey
>> can answer the question ?how is information defined?? Information is >> not ?something out there? which ?exists? otherwise than as our construct. >> >> Using essentialistic definitions, the discussion tends not to move >> forward. For example, Stuart Kauffman?s and Bo

Re: [Fis] non-living objects COULD NOT “exchange information”

2017-03-24 Thread Alex Hankey
scientifically based,mathematical physics form of 'information' that I have personally seen in the scientific literature. Best wishes, Alex Hankey On 24 March 2017 at 15:25, Krassimir Markov <mar...@foibg.com> wrote: > Dear Arturo and FIS Colleagues, > Let me remember that: > The basic m

Re: [Fis] Heretic

2017-10-04 Thread Alex Hankey
than five conceptually totally different mathematical structures, all of which merit the name, 'information'. With all good wishes, Alex Hankey On 4 October 2017 at 02:30, <tozziart...@libero.it> wrote: > Dear FISers, > After the provided long list of completely different

Re: [Fis] What is “Agent”?

2017-10-15 Thread Alex Hankey
hes to you all, Alex Hankey On 16 October 2017 at 05:04, Jose Javier Blanco Rivero < javierwe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Krassimir, dear all, > > I have noticed that some descriptions of information make use of > anthropocentric metaphors and that might be misguiding

Re: [Fis] About 10 Principles

2017-11-01 Thread Alex Hankey
> Bibliography > [St.Anselm] http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/middleages.html , > http://maritain.nd.edu/jmc/etext/hop30.htm > [Muentzer] http://www.thomas-muentzer.de/, > [St.Agustín]http://www.conoze.com/doc.php?doc=157 > [K.Markov, 2008]K. Markov, S. Poryazov, K. Ivanova, I. Mitov, V. > Mark

Re: [Fis] I salute to Sungchul

2018-01-12 Thread Alex Hankey
d "meaningful information" or I(+)”. > > That is exactly what I am trying to put forward for years, albeit under > more historically rooted names: Physical and Semantic information [1]. > Never mind, what is crucially important here is that the duality of > information becomes

Re: [Fis] one can learn a lot from numbering every word

2018-02-11 Thread Alex Hankey
are the foundation of Human Cognition. Alex Hankey On 11 February 2018 at 19:26, Karl Javorszky <karl.javors...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Krassimir, > > > > Improvements are done if there is a need to do so, innovations come about > as a result of creativity, not as ans

Re: [Fis] there is no need to number every word

2018-02-15 Thread Alex Hankey
ess offers a unique > >> advantage as well, for example, its well-established categories of > functions > >> (see the last column in Table 1.) > >> > >> > >> > >> The main purpose of this post is to suggest that all the varied > >> theories of information discussed on thi

Re: [Fis] Is Dataism the end of classical hypothesis-driven research and the beginning of data-correlation-driven research?

2018-03-13 Thread Alex Hankey
elation-driven research the > new > > scientific method for unsupervised deep learning machines? Will computers > > became fundamentalists of Dataism? > > > > Best regards, > > > > AJ > > > > > > > > --- > > Alberto J. Schuhmacher, PhD. &

Re: [Fis] Meta-observer?

2018-03-10 Thread Alex Hankey
chness >> resides within the concreteness down to the bottom. >> >> >> >>Apropos, the communications among the local participants differ from >> computation despite the seemingly concrete outlook of the latter. >> Computation upon the notion of time as the linear sequence of the now >&

Re: [Fis] A Paradox

2018-03-04 Thread Alex Hankey
awareness adopts 'forms' as its mode of information content, and not digits. The way that forms are encoded in experience is now well understood. A proof has even been given that 'ideas' and not 'digits' are the primary content of human awareness. Best wishes to all, Alex Hankey On 4 March 2018

[Fis] Fis Documents - Invitation to view

2016-05-08 Thread Alex Hankey (via Google Drive)
I've shared an item with you: Fis Documents https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B93Ht8r0miELZlFwczBhazhzZEU=sharing=COvZlLsI=572f63fe It's not an attachment -- it's stored online. To open this item, just click the link above. This link is for FIS Webinar members to look at new ideas