Re: [Fis] Mind, matter, meaning and information

2007-03-19 Thread Robin Faichney
Subject: Re: [Fis] Mind, matter, meaning and information [body begins] Thursday, March 15, 2007, 7:46:47 PM, Stanley wrote: Commenting on Robin's text, he said: In this paper I combine and extend some ideas of Daniel Dennett with one from Wittgenstein and another from physics. Dennett

Re: [Fis] Mind, matter, meaning and information

2007-03-19 Thread Robin Faichney
Probably my last message for a while, as I said. Thanks again for your help. Subject: Re: [Fis] Mind, matter, meaning and information [body begins] Saturday, March 17, 2007, 2:24:37 PM, Stanley N. Salthe wrote: A mind is a user or processor of intentional information. S: That is to say

Re: [Fis] Mind, matter, meaning and information

2007-03-17 Thread Stanley N. Salthe
Continuing with Robin -- Thursday, March 15, 2007, 7:46:47 PM, Stanley wrote: Commenting on Robin's text, he said: In this paper I combine and extend some ideas of Daniel Dennett with one from Wittgenstein and another from physics. Dennett introduced the concepts of the physical, design and

Re: [Fis] Mind, matter, meaning and information

2007-03-16 Thread John Collier
Welcome to the list, Robin! At 06:30 PM 3/13/2007, Robin Faichney wrote: I'm new to this list, so I will give a brief description of my background, then a brief account of my understanding of information, in the hope of eliciting some comments. I have a BA (Hons) in philosophy and psychology and

Re: [Fis] Mind, matter, meaning and information

2007-03-15 Thread Stanley N. Salthe
Commenting on Robin's text, he said: In this paper I combine and extend some ideas of Daniel Dennett with one from Wittgenstein and another from physics. Dennett introduced the concepts of the physical, design and intentional stances (1987), and has suggested (with John Haugeland) that â*œsome

[Fis] Mind, matter, meaning and information

2007-03-13 Thread Robin Faichney
I'm new to this list, so I will give a brief description of my background, then a brief account of my understanding of information, in the hope of eliciting some comments. I have a BA (Hons) in philosophy and psychology and obtained an MSc in information technology in 1986. I worked in academic