Re: [Fis] SYMMETRY & _ On BioLogic (was Re: The Measurement Problem from the Perspective of an Information-Theoretic Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics

2016-03-28 Thread Bruno Marchal
Dear Koichiro, dear John and Colleagues, I bump this older post, as it is related to my recent post to Lou. On 27 Nov 2015, at 02:06, Koichiro Matsuno wrote: At 4:28 AM 11/27/2015, John C. wrote: A paper by my former graduate advisor, Jeff Bub, who was a student of David Bohm’s. http://www

Re: [Fis] SYMMETRY & _ On BioLogic

2016-03-28 Thread Bruno Marchal
s H Kauffman : Sorry Louis, but try again, please, for your address was wrong in the list --Pedro (I have just discovered, in a trip pause) BlackBerry de movistar, allí donde estés está tu oficin@ From: Louis H Kauffman Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 17:56:06 -0500 To: fis Cc: Pedro C. Marijuan Subje

Re: [Fis] SYMMETRY & _ On BioLogic

2016-03-28 Thread Karl Javorszky
o order in Nature, and offers a deictic > definition for a concept of a minimal unit. The minimal unit can also have > the form of a negation of a logical state of affairs. This usage of the > concept of the minimal unit, namely to refer to something that is not the > case, is what w

Re: [Fis] SYMMETRY & _ On BioLogic

2016-03-27 Thread Louis H Kauffman
tions relating to order in Nature, and offers a deictic definition for a > concept of a minimal unit. The minimal unit can also have the form of a > negation of a logical state of affairs. This usage of the concept of the > minimal unit, namely to refer to something that is not the case, is

Re: [Fis] SYMMETRY & _ On BioLogic

2016-03-27 Thread Gyorgy Darvas
A thematic issue on symmetries and information is planned in the MDPI Information journal. Editors assigned. The rest is planned to be published in Symmetry: Culture and Science. On 2016.03.27. 9:53, Dr. Shu-Kun Lin wrote: Dear Colleagues, May organize a thermatic special issue for publication

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2016-03-27 Thread Dr. Shu-Kun Lin
Dear Colleagues, May organize a thermatic special issue for publication in Symmetry (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/symmetry). Best regards, Shu-Kun -- Dr. Shu-Kun Lin Publisher of MDPI journals President of MDPI MDPI AG Postfach, CH-4005 Basel, Switzerland Office Location: Klybeckstrasse 64, CH

Re: [Fis] SYMMETRY & _ On BioLogic

2016-03-26 Thread Karl Javorszky
:00 Louis H Kauffman : > > -- > *From: * Louis H Kauffman > *Date: *Tue, 22 Mar 2016 17:56:06 -0500 > *To: *fis > *Cc: *Pedro C. Marijuan > *Subject: *Re: [Fis] SYMMETRY & _ On BioLogic > > Dear Plamen, > It is possible. We are lookin

Re: [Fis] SYMMETRY & _ On BioLogic

2016-03-25 Thread Louis H Kauffman
Dear Folks, I am sending this again, just the quantum part, with typos removed. Best, Lou Quantum Theory in a Nutshell 1. A state of a quantum system is a vector |psi> of unit length in a complex vector space H. H is a Hilbert space, but it can be finite dimensional. Dual vectors are denoted

Re: [Fis] SYMMETRY & _ On BioLogic

2016-03-25 Thread Louis H Kauffman
fter Spring Equinox to you all. > > Karl > > > 2016-03-24 19:31 GMT+01:00 Louis H Kauffman <mailto:kauff...@uic.edu>>: > Sorry Louis, but try again, please, for your address was wrong in the > list --Pedro > (I have just discovered, in a trip pause) > Blac

Re: [Fis] SYMMETRY & _ On BioLogic

2016-03-25 Thread Dr. Plamen L. Simeonov
; list --Pedro > (I have just discovered, in a trip pause) > BlackBerry de movistar, allí donde estés está tu oficin@ > -- > *From: * Louis H Kauffman > *Date: *Tue, 22 Mar 2016 17:56:06 -0500 > *To: *fis > *Cc: *Pedro C. Marijuan > *Subject: *Re:

Re: [Fis] SYMMETRY & _ On BioLogic

2016-03-25 Thread Karl Javorszky
--- > *From: * Louis H Kauffman > *Date: *Tue, 22 Mar 2016 17:56:06 -0500 > *To: *fis > *Cc: *Pedro C. Marijuan > *Subject: *Re: [Fis] SYMMETRY & _ On BioLogic > > Dear Plamen, > It is possible. We are looking here at Pivar and his colleagues working > with the po

Re: [Fis] SYMMETRY & _ On BioLogic

2016-03-24 Thread Louis H Kauffman
From: Louis H Kauffman mailto:lou...@gmail.com>> Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 17:56:06 -0500 To: fismailto:fis@listas.unizar.es>> Cc: Pedro C. Marijuanmailto:pcmarijuan.i...@aragon.es>> Subject: Re: [Fis] SYMMETRY & _ On BioLogic Dear Plamen, It is possible. We are looking

Re: [Fis] SYMMETRY & _ On BioLogic

2016-03-24 Thread Louis H Kauffman
to:fis@listas.unizar.es>> Cc: Pedro C. Marijuanmailto:pcmarijuan.i...@aragon.es>> Subject: Re: [Fis] SYMMETRY & _ On BioLogic Dear Plamen, It is possible. We are looking here at Pivar and his colleagues working with the possibilities of materials. It is similar to how people in orig

Re: [Fis] SYMMETRY & _ On BioLogic

2016-03-24 Thread Louis H Kauffman
] SYMMETRY & _ On BioLogic Dear Plamen, It is possible. We are looking here at Pivar and his colleagues working with the possibilities of materials. It is similar to how people in origami have explored the possibilities of producing forms by folding paper. If we can make hypotheses on

Re: [Fis] SYMMETRY & _ On BioLogic

2016-03-20 Thread Pedro C. Marijuan
Dear FIS Colleagues, For my taste the ongoing conversation is running too fast. We have passed, via Louis, Plamen, and other colleagues, along essential themes on the relationship between life and formal approaches, perhaps too cavalierly. I am still stuck with the problem of explanation in

Re: [Fis] SYMMETRY & _ On BioLogic

2016-03-19 Thread Dr. Plamen L. Simeonov
Dear Lou and All, I am sorry. The FIS server has returned my email as undelivered, most probably because of the PDF attachment. This is actually a paper authored by Bob Root-Bernstein and his daughter, Meredith. It is on researchegate.net and can be requested from them. The title is: “The ribosome

Re: [Fis] SYMMETRY & _ On BioLogic

2016-03-19 Thread Dr. Plamen L. Simeonov
Dear Lou and Colleagues, yes, I agree: an artistic approach can be very fruitful. This is like what Stuart Kauffman says about speaking with metaphors. At some point our mathematical descriptive tools do not have sufficient expressional power to grasp more global general insights and we reach out

Re: [Fis] SYMMETRY & _ On BioLogic

2016-03-19 Thread Dr. Plamen L. Simeonov
Dear Lou, Pedro and Colleagues, I have another somewhat provoking question about the "constructive" role of topology in morphogenesis. What do you think about the somewhat artistic, but scientifically VERY controversial theory about the origin and development of life forms based on physical forces

Re: [Fis] SYMMETRY & _ On BioLogic

2016-03-15 Thread Pedro C. Marijuan
Louis, a very simple question: in your model of self-replication, when you enter the environment, could it mean something else than just providing the raw stuff for reproduction? It would be great if related to successive cycles one could include emergent topological (say geometrical-mechanical

Re: [Fis] SYMMETRY & _ On BioLogic

2016-03-11 Thread Francesco Rizzo
Caro Pedro e cari Tutti, allego un file .doc di alcune pagine di "Etica dei valori economici o economia dei valori etici" scritte nel 2002 e pubblicate nel 2004 (FrancoAngeli, Milano), il cui contenuto è, a mio giudizio, congruente e pertinente al tema che si sta affrontando. Naturalmente, chiedo s

[Fis] SYMMETRY & _ On BioLogic

2016-03-11 Thread Pedro C. Marijuan
Dear FIS Colleagues, Let me start by announcing the *special session on *_*INFORMATION & SYMMETRY*_, in the Symmetry gathering this Summer in Vienna (18-22 July) http://festival.symmetry.hu/ The deadline for abstract reception in this session has been enlarged until beginnings of next month. T