[Fis] On Mantras and Realism

2006-11-08 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
able in my experience except by inference through reason. With respect, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering http://iase.info ___ fis mailing list fis@listas.unizar.es http://webmail.unizar.es/mailman/listinfo/fis

[Fis] Joseph Tainter's Social and Cultural Complexity

2006-12-14 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
n - Tainter may be applying some other measure and have some other way of characterizing complexity. If he does, it isn't mentioned in his posting. With respect, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering http://iase.info __

[Fis] Explaining Experience in Nature

2007-01-11 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
ng on the Editorial Board of this journal then please contact me and I will send you the journal proposal. Sincerely, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering http://iase.info ___ fis mailing l

Re: [Fis] Continuing Discussion of Social and Cultural Complexity

2007-01-26 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
complexity in the form of the brain. I also think it is an error to consider the brain in isolation to the rest of the physiological form in general, but that seems to be quite a different objection. With respect, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith Institute for Advanced Science

Re: [Fis] Re: Continuing Discussion of Social and Cultural Complexity

2007-02-02 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
straints" I assume you simply mean that we have certain capacities and are not omnipotent. Is not conflict and war an indicator of our individual failure to manage social complexity? Or would you argue that war is social complexity management? With respect, Steven -- Dr. Steven

Re: [Fis] Re: Continuing Discussion of Social and Cultural Complexity

2007-02-02 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
eally know what Loet means by "meaning is provided from the perspective of insight." I think we agree however: for meaning to have an impact upon the world as a function of knowledge it must also be a source of information in my model. With respect, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-

Re: [Fis] Re: fis Digest, Vol 501, Issue 5

2007-02-05 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
and televisions. The force of natural ethics (inevitable behaviors) is mediated by convention and manifest in the behavior of individuals - culture is merely one such convention. With respect, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering http://iase.i

[Fis] Explaining Experience in Nature (event)

2007-04-25 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
Frederick P. Rehmus Family Professor of Humanities at Stanford University and is the author of Reconsidering Logical Positivism published in 1999 by Cambridge University Press. For more information about Professor Friedman see his Stanford University profile. Steven Ericsson-Zenith, Chairman.

Re: [Fis] Re: info & meaning

2007-10-03 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
a given sign at any given point in time. With respect, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering http://iase.info http://senses.info On Oct 2, 2007, at 9:17 AM, Guy A Hoelzer wrote: Greetings All, In my view ‘meaning’ exists (or not) exclusively

Re: SV: [Fis] info & meaning

2007-10-04 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
at we mean when we use the term "meaning?" With respect, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering http://iase.info http://senses.info On Oct 4, 2007, at 3:38 PM, Christophe Menant wrote: Dear Soren, I agree with your reading of Pedro

Re: TR: SV: [Fis] info & meaning

2007-10-06 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
f definition however this is unimportant. I suggest that the nature of "consciousness" is only relevant if some aspect of it plays a role in these mechanics (as it does in my model and not in Soren's). With respect, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith Institute for Advanced S

Re: [Fis] info & meaning

2007-10-07 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
disagreement may merely be about the rigorous use of language, and not really substantive. Newspapers simply cannot be said to "contain meaning" but they can be said to be the subjects of meaning; unless, that is, you propose some supernatural property to "meaning." Wi

Re: [Fis] Re: info & meaning

2007-10-15 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
I'm with Guy. What is information if it is not the measure of physical states? It is my view also that a scientific theory is only valid if it attempts to map to something in the world. Otherwise it is mere fantasy. With respect, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith Institut

[Fis] A New Kind of Positivism

2008-03-09 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
Dear Colleagues, As a courtesy, allow me to bring to your attention a talk that I will be giving at Stanford on the 13th (this coming Thursday). http://iase.info/presentations/coglunch-march-2008-introductory-talk.html Sincerely, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith Institute for Advanced

Re: [Fis] list discussions

2008-05-23 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
Dear list, I like this question "Is nature orderly?" and agree that it is worthy of discussion. However, let me ask exactly how you would define an orderly nature, how you would detect an orderly nature and what do you think the implications are of it not being orderly? Joe, I'm not sure wh

Re: [Fis] list discussions

2008-05-23 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
Dear Guy, Let us get the first question out of the way. What, exactly, do you mean by orderly? As you use it here you appear to mean there is manifest order and that changes to become another manifest order. This is not what I take the question "Is nature orderly?" to address. Is there ord

Re: [Fis] list discussions

2008-05-24 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
hension by technology alters none of this. Stan appears to have forgotten FIS protocol. This is my third and last post this week. With respect, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering http://iase.info http://senses.info On May 23, 2008, at 1:14 PM,

Re: [Fis] list discussions: Steven to Joe on Logic

2008-05-25 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
iotics in my view. With respect, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering http://iase.info http://senses.info On May 25, 2008, at 10:02 AM, John Collier wrote: > At 05:26 PM 25/05/2008, Joseph Brenner wrote: >> Dear List Colleagues, Dear Stev

Re: [Fis] fis-spam-problem

2008-06-10 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
FIS test On Jun 10, 2008, at 10:36 AM, Michael Leyton wrote: >> On Tue, 10 Jun 2008, Pedro Clemente Marijuan Fernandez >> wrote: >> >>> finally the Computing Center here has established a solution for >>> the false >>> spam cases of our list. In principle, the four addresses of the >>> head

Re: [Fis] fis-spam-problem

2008-06-10 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
FIS test I am getting an acknowledgement from the FIS system, but the message itself is not being sent to me on the list. I'm not sure if this is my problem or the list. Steven On Jun 10, 2008, at 10:36 AM, Michael Leyton wrote: >> On Tue, 10 Jun 2008, Pedro Clemente Marijuan Fernandez >

Re: [Fis] Plasticity and the History of Art

2008-09-22 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
? And why would this provide any better explanation than any other variable physical characteristic, for example, the cellular life-cycle, body weight or organism topology? With respect, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering

Re: [Fis] Fw: Neuroscience of Art:Insights & Leads: Reply to Jerry and Stan

2008-10-01 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
On Oct 1, 2008, at 9:00 AM, Joseph Brenner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dear Friends, ... Jerry wrote: >Your post was studied for some time. I would suggest that, from my perspective, that you are developing a internal language that orders your feelings in a manner that >is satisfyi

Re: [Fis] informational economics?, msg from Igor M.

2008-11-04 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
With respect, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering http://iase.info http://senses.info On Nov 3, 2008, at 1:26 AM, "Pedro C. Marijuan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > message from > Igor Matutinovic > M

Re: [Fis] Fw: Definition of Knowledge? (FIS Digest, Vol 530, Issue 1)

2009-10-06 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
Necessary and sufficient distinctions: Knowledge is that which determines subsequent action. Information in that which identifies cause and adds to knowledge. With respect, Steven -- Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering http://IASE.info http://senses.info On Oct 6, 2009, at 6:32 AM, J

Re: [Fis] FW: Fw: Definition of Knowledge?

2009-10-07 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
roduce a fundamental misunderstanding about the nature of semeiotic theory. With respect, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering http://iase.info http://senses.info On Oct 7, 2009, at 1:44 AM, Loet Leydesdorff wrote: >>

Re: [Fis] The Information Cluster

2009-10-27 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
Dear Pedro, I what sense, exactly, is this proposal "bio-inspired?" Is there some common uniquely biophysical feature to which you appeal? Item 3, that might appeal to this claim, is too general to succeed. With respect, Steven -- Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering http://IASE.info

Re: [Fis] Asymmetry and Information: A modest proposal

2009-11-27 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
Dear List, I share Loet's point of view. We must place our focus upon a general theory of information that is formal. Any such theory must be based on empirical measures. With respect, Steven -- Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering http://IASE.info http://senses.info On Nov 27, 2

Re: [Fis] Asymetry and Information: A modest proposal

2009-11-30 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
I am a little troubled by this account of the term "meaning." As described the distinction is not necessary and the concept of "constraint" seems arbitrary. How are we to identify these constraints? What is the measure of meaning? As I understand it Christophe proposes that the measure of

Re: [Fis] Explaining Experience In Nature

2010-03-02 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
some > and disappoint others, but I do encourage my friends to read this > update. > > This update is, I feel, a significant advance over earlier work and > a plausible attack on the Church-Turing Thesis. > > The update can be found at: > > http://senses.info > &g

Re: [Fis] Explaining Experience In Nature

2010-03-11 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
he sciences. And while I do hold Charles Peirce in high regard I do not call myself "a Peircean." With respect, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering http://iase.info http://senses.info ___ fis mailing list fis@listas.unizar.es https://webmail.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis

Re: [Fis] Welcome ---and Explaining Experience In Nature

2010-03-12 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
for biophyics. Did you have a particular criticism you wish to see addressed? With respect, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering http://iase.info http://senses.info On Mar 12, 2010, at 6:01 AM, Pedro C. Mar

[Fis] On the Origin of Gravity and the Laws of Newton

2010-07-13 Thread Steven Ericsson Zenith
not physics at all. But then I ask myself to what degree it is less metaphysical than anything else we see in physics today. So I reserve judgement until I have given the matter more consideration. Anyone else concerned by this? With respect, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith

Re: [Fis] Revisiting the Fluctuon Model

2010-09-27 Thread Steven Ericsson Zenith
y and the Photo Electric Effect, there is no scientific justification for placing bits "into" the foundations of the world. Hence, I can make no sense of a "Fluctuon." With respect, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith Institute for Advanced Science & E

Re: [Fis] WG: Re: [Fwd: Foundational Views of Shannon Information Theory]--From Gavin Ritz

2011-02-16 Thread Steven Ericsson Zenith
Amen. Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering http://iase.info http://senses.info On Feb 16, 2011, at 12:51 PM, joe.bren...@bluewin.ch wrote: > Dear Pedro and Friends, > > It is rather fascinati

Re: [Fis] Reply to Jerry

2011-03-06 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
Your sociological comments do not persuade me that there are alternatives. With respect, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering http://iase.info http://senses.info ___ fis mailing list fis@listas.unizar.es https://webmail.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis

[Fis] Science abandons absolute truth

2011-03-07 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
; > “This book contains much valuable material summarised with commendable > no-nonsense clarity… James Hannam has done a fine job of knocking down an > old caricature.” Sunday Telegraph > > > -Original Message- > From: fis-boun...@listas.unizar.es [mailto:fis-boun...@l

Re: [Fis] replies to Steven and James

2011-03-13 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
On Mar 12, 2011, at 5:52 AM, Stanley N Salthe wrote: > ... > >> On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 6:46 PM, Steven Ericsson-Zenith >> wrote: >> >> ... I agree with that there is "no knowledge outside the knower." >> >> However, that does not avoid

[Fis] On uniformity

2011-03-21 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
would be laws and principles of space and time. Incidentally, for me "explanation" is the identification of causes. The notion of profound uniformity identifies the casual basis, the functional dependence, of all scientific knowledge; as such it is an explanation of why such a sy

Re: [Fis] Hannam's Contentious Postulate. The Peircean Mirror

2011-03-21 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
n observation: This notion of "communicate" that you use and is often found in discussions of information is a way of speaking about the distinct expression and apprehension of marks. Signs do not "communicate" (and nor do "marks"). A sign in any se

[Fis] On Category Errors

2011-03-28 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
If my criticism is unjust or I have interpreted Joe incorrectly then I will appreciate the clarification. With respect, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering http://iase.info http://senses.info

[Fis] Email Formats by FIS Contributors

2011-04-07 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
relevant to the response. With respect, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering http://iase.info http://senses.info ___ fis mailing list fis@listas.unizar.es h

Re: [Fis] On Uniformity

2011-05-07 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
ploy of theologians. Of course, both are the case but one is demonstrably more effective than the other. With respect, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering http://iase.info http://senses.info On Apr 3, 2011,

Re: [Fis] On Uniformity: principle of statistical stabilization

2011-05-08 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
_____ > From: fis-boun...@listas.unizar.es [fis-boun...@listas.unizar.es] On Behalf > Of Steven Ericsson-Zenith [ste...@semeiosis.org] > Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 1:04 AM > To: Jerry LR Chandler > Cc: fis@listas.unizar.es > Subject: Re: [Fis] On Uniformity &

Re: [Fis] end of session

2011-05-30 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
I prefer that you do not speak for others, to any degree. I certainly exclude myself. With respect, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering http://senses.info On May 30, 2011, at 1:37 PM, karl javorszky wrote: > D

Re: [Fis] ON INFORMATION THEORY--Mark Burgin, Colophon

2011-06-08 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
re, of course, special ways of speaking about information in the particular and in this we may find categorization convenient, not absolute. With respect, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering http://senses.info On Ju

Re: [Fis] meaningful information

2011-07-20 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
There is a lot of concept overloading in the community involving the term "meaning." So it would help me if you and Antony could just give a one sentence definition of the term. For example, for me: meaning = the behavior that is the product of apprehending a sign. Which is an extreme

Re: [Fis] Fw: The General Information Theory of Sunik

2011-10-03 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
The document seems extremely confused to me. This is not least because the author does not appear to present a clear definition of the terms in the title or the expression of subject in the work. In particular, I can find no definition of "meaning" other than the one presented in a quote from S

Re: [Fis] Fw: The General Information Theory of Sunik

2011-10-10 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
g of the linguistic item is the branch(s) of > algorithm(s) associated with this item. > > > > > -Original Message- > From: Krassimir Markov [mailto:mar...@foibg.com] > Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 22:32 PM > To: boris.sunik > Subject: Fw: [Fis] Fw: The G

Re: [Fis] Discussion of Information Science Education

2011-12-03 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
es to the behavior (effective or otherwise) of those accessing these materials. This suggests that "Information Science" is a useful study for those that wish to reason about behaviors of any kind, and if I were to teach or study the subject then this would be the motivation for

Re: [Fis] Discussion of Information Science Education

2011-12-06 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
On Dec 4, 2011, at 2:57 AM, m...@aiu.ac.jp wrote: > 3. Do we know what we are talking about? (Answer to Steven) > > Sometimes I doubt it, when I read FIS discussions. Of course, > I am joking. I read the same discussions, and I'm not so sure :-). > ... I do not see any problem in discussing t

Re: [Fis] [Fwd: Re: Physics of computing]--Plamen S.

2012-03-18 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
refers only to the sign processing of living systems. With respect, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering http://iase.info On Mar 18, 2012, at 9:30 AM, Bob Logan wrote: > Dear Stanley - how can there be informat

Re: [Fis] FW: [Fwd: Re: Physics of computing]--Plamen S.

2012-03-18 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
ferent things to different individuals in different contexts. We also appear to disagree concerning the term "semantics," that I take in the spirit of logic (with Carnap) to refer only to the rules of language transformation. With respect, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Z

Re: [Fis] [Fwd: Re: Physics of computing]--Plamen S.

2012-04-18 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
e, we must allow for the vagaries of fortune and perception, the road to clarity is paved with many corrections. With respect, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering http://iase.info On Apr 18, 2012, at 4:54 A

Re: [Fis] POSTS ON TERRY' S BOOK

2012-04-27 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
Dear Hector, What, exactly, is your objection to it? It's anti-reductionism (that I would object to also) or it's claim that Turing computation is insufficient (to which I have no objection)? With respect, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith Institute for Advanc

Re: [Fis] CFP: Special theme issue of Elsevier's Journal “Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology” (JPBMB)

2012-05-30 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
Only if Elsevier address the following concerns: http://thecostofknowledge.com/ Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering http://iase.info On May 30, 2012, at 11:26 AM, Dr. Plamen L. Simeonov wrote: > >

Re: [Fis] fis Digest, Vol 564, Issue 3

2012-10-16 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
e title of the paper appears to be missing the word "Toward …" Steven -- Dr Steven Ericsson-Zenith Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering http://iase.info On Oct 16, 2012, at 1:19 PM, Kevin Clark wrote: > "A Whole-Cell > Computa

Re: [Fis] Paper on Ulanowicz's A Third Window: Ulanowicz’s Process Ecology, McLuhan’s Media Ecology and Kauffman-Logan’s Notion of Biotic Information

2013-02-01 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
Dear Bob, I can make no sense of this usage of the term "constraint." And while I understand where you are going, mainly because I'm familiar with yours and Kauffman's work, this paper strikes me as flawed. First, the paper claims to seek a "non-reductionist" answer but fails to provide an alt

Re: [Fis] [Fwd: SV: Science, Philosophy and Information. An Alternative Relation] S.Brier

2013-02-11 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
John, When you say "philosophers" do you mean "theorists?" And, if not, what distinguishes the two? What would "a philosophical component" of information theory look like? Does such a component simply speak about the existential status of information? Is there some epistemology involved? Are

Re: [Fis] Informatics vs. Mathematics

2013-04-16 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
This view is fundamentally flawed. The introduction of subjectivity confusing the matter. The distinction is not about "objects" but "operations." In mathematics, taken as the science that draws necessary conclusions, operations suffer no causal loss. Whereas, information is the means to reason

[Fis] Stanford seminar "On The Origin Of Experience"

2013-12-04 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
Please forgive my cross-posting. The video of my Nov. 13th lecture is now available on YouTube, http://youtu.be/zF5Bp_YsZ3M it includes the first chapter of my forthcoming book. The full transcript is now also available as a book preview here. https://www.createspace.com/Preview/1137409 In a f

Re: [Fis] [PEIRCE-L] Stanford seminar "On The Origin Of Experience"

2013-12-12 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
ttp://youtu.be/zF5Bp_YsZ3M The transcript of the lecture is available as a book review here: https://www.createspace.com/Preview/1137409 Again, my thanks for your kind comments. Best regards, Steven On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 12:21 AM, Anny Ballardini wrote: > Steven Ericsson-Zenith, > >

Re: [Fis] [PEIRCE-L] Stanford seminar "On The Origin Of Experience"

2013-12-12 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
n On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 2:10 AM, Steven Ericsson-Zenith wrote: > Thank you Anny. That is an interesting interpretation of my position. > > As will be made clear in the book, for me a religion is simply a set > of ideas such that we cannot look upon the world without consideration &

[Fis] Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914)

2014-01-07 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
rican Enlightenment." http://www.stanford.edu/class/ee380/ The lecture will be recorded, I'll let you know when it is available. Regards, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering http://iase.info

Re: [Fis] [PEIRCE-L] Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914)

2014-02-26 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
Chandler wrote: > Steven: > > Has your lecture been posted? > > Cheers > > Jerry > > > > On Jan 7, 2014, at 6:43 PM, Steven Ericsson-Zenith wrote: > > > Dear List, > > My lecture on the 15th involves an uncommon subject (for me), God. What role > does

Re: [Fis] COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE

2014-03-06 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering http://iase.info +1-650-308-8611 On Thursday, March 6, 2014, Pedro C. Marijuan > wrote: > Dear John P. and FIS Colleagues, > > Thanks for the kickoff text. It a discussion on new themes t

Re: [Fis] Information-as-Process

2014-12-08 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
I am a little mystified by your assertion of "information as process." What, exactly, is this and how does it differ fro information in general (Shannon). Is it related to Whitehead's process notions? In terms of neuroscience it is important to move away from connectionism and modern computational

Re: [Fis] Information-as-Process

2014-12-09 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
p://www.sussex.ac.uk/spru/>University of > Sussex; > > Guest Professor Zhejiang Univ. <http://www.zju.edu.cn/english/>, > Hangzhou; Visiting Professor, ISTIC, > <http://www.istic.ac.cn/Eng/brief_en.html>Beijing; > > Visiting Professor, Birkbeck <http://www.bbk.ac.uk/

Re: [Fis] Fwd: Re: Concluding the Lecture?

2015-01-30 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
merely advocates an identity theory. As I have noted often such a theory is, in fact, a dualism. Regards, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering http://iase.info On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 12:43 PM, Terrence W. DEACON wrote: > Th

Re: [Fis] Fwd: Re: Concluding the Lecture?

2015-01-30 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
intrinsic > physical property. > > Thanks, Terry > > On 1/30/15, Steven Ericsson-Zenith wrote: > > Dear Terry, list. > > > > I apologize that I have not had the time to keep up with this > discussion. I > > did try to read Terry's text but found it s

Re: [Fis] Fwd: Re: Concluding the Lecture?

2015-02-01 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
not be alone in arguing that for something to be information "about" > something, it must be capable of being in error. How can simple > physical properties or causal interactions have this property of > falliblism? > > — Terry > > On 1/30/15, Steven Ericsson-Zenith wro

Re: [Fis] Fwd: Re: Fwd: Re: Concluding the Lecture?

2015-02-03 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
th my thinking. However, I hope you see the confusion concerning your use of terms. Just in case you are unfamiliar with YUK and YUM, these are Stuart Kauffman's terms to refer to the constraints that direct bacteria to follow a sugar gradient. On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 11:20 AM, Terrence W.

Re: [Fis] THE FRONTIERS OF INTELLIGENCE SCIENCE--Zhao Chuan

2015-03-06 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
I agree with Jerry and Joe - and I agree that, in part, this may be a language or cultural issue/challenge. I would like to see a few basic statements about the scientific epistemology involved in the approach. I want to see a separation of concerns. Right now I see a not entirely exhaustive bunch

Re: [Fis] Chuan's reply6-Chuan's reply3 - THE FRONTIERS OF INTELLIGENCE SCIENCE--Zhao Chuan

2015-03-10 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
I asked for a concise statement of "complex scientific method" and you sent me this. I have stared at it for awhile and can make no sense of it. I am certainly aware of EPR and the surrounding issues. Can anyone help me here? Are the Chinese team by proposing "Intelligence Science" simply proposin

Re: [Fis] Chuan's reply11 - THE FRONTIERS OF INTELLIGENCE SCIENCE - unless reaches

2015-03-30 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
You are not the first person to point this out :-) I have argued for years that the power profile and dynamics required excludes Turing's models of computation from biophysics. See: https://youtu.be/zF5Bp_YsZ3M Steven On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 11:32 PM, Joshua Augustus Bacigalupi < bacigalupiwo..

Re: [Fis] It from Bit redux . . .

2015-06-14 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
Trust me. You are in good company. Steven > On Jun 14, 2015, at 5:22 PM, Marcus Abundis <55m...@gmail.com> wrote: > > From Loet's post: > >During the recent conference in Vienna, I was amazed how many of our > >colleagues wish to ground information in physics.< > I would say that I was disap

Re: [Fis] Krassimir's Notes . . .

2015-06-18 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
Fantasies about Quantum Mechanics aside, Probability and Information are distinct. Both are ways of speaking about the world. You may speak of alternatives probabilistically, but you cannot say that “information is probabilistic." Any truth based system is necessarily flawed (Godel) and duali

Re: [Fis] FIS newcomer

2015-06-21 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
“use” is particularly ambiguous. So I do not think, as presented, that “meaning” is “solved?” By which I assume you intended to say “what the term ‘meaning’ is a reference to.” Indeed, all of these terms “social”, “habit”, “use” are ambiguous. I believe that the best we can do is to say that a

Re: [Fis] FIS newcomer

2015-06-22 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
> On Jun 21, 2015, at 2:53 PM, Steven Ericsson-Zenith wrote: > > “use” is particularly ambiguous. So I do not think, as presented, that > “meaning” is “solved?” By which I assume you intended to say “what the term > ‘meaning’ is a reference to.” > > Indeed, all of these t

Re: [Fis] QM and information

2015-06-27 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
> On Jun 26, 2015, at 10:02 PM, Andrei Khrennikov > wrote: > Life is hard... I am afraid that it is impossible to put this qualifier in > front "information" used in recent information approaches to quantum > mechanics. > For Zeilinger and Brukner (this is my private impression from private

[Fis] Information and Locality Introduction

2015-09-09 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
of what is good about this model, locality, and what is, I now argue, fundamentally missing or wrong headed. Pedro, at the end of this I will aggregate these parts for the FIS wiki. Regards, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith, Los Gatos, California. +1-650-308-8611 http://iase.info

Re: [Fis] Information and Locality, on the Introduction

2015-09-18 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
structure coordination that has thwarted us in large-scale computational terms. I should hasten to add that this lack of locality too has nothing at all to do with quantum mechanics. Regards, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith, Los Gatos, California. +1-650-308-8611 http://iase.info

[Fis] Information and Locality.

2015-09-21 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
n recovery and in addition to the problems with the FIS server last week my Thyroid crashed (the consequence of radiation treatment last year) leaving me feeling pretty ill. Regards, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith, Los Gatos, California. +1-650

Re: [Fis] Information and Locality.

2015-09-22 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
It is certainly the case that in GR we can speak only of the local event but if you want to solve real problems you yourself provide the unification of calculations, for example, to take man out of the solar system. Indeed, to do anything at all requires that we provide the missing locality

Re: [Fis] Information and Locality.

2015-09-22 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
ms may be gaining momentum. > > And this leads me to mention locality because Einstein was concerned by > concerns that I share. It is certainly the case that in GR we can speak only > of the local event but if you want to solve real problems you yourself > provide the unification of calculations, for example, to take man out of the > solar system. > > Indeed, to do anything at all requires that we provide the missing locality. > > Regards, > Steven > > > -- > Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith, Los Gatos, California. +1-650-308-8611 > http://iase.info <http://iase.info/> ___ Fis mailing list Fis@listas.unizar.es http://listas.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis

Re: [Fis] Information is a linguistic description of structures

2015-09-24 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
Dear Emanuel, Unfortunately, you have stated no axioms and introduced subjectivity. Recall that I began with a definition of “semantic” per Carnap. Semantics are simply the rules of syntax transformation. Semantics have little to do with natural human language. Indeed, Carnap was very conscious

Re: [Fis] Locality?

2015-09-28 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
ntire structure and sense is directly bound to response. Regards, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith, Los Gatos, California. +1-650-308-8611 http://iase.info > On Sep 28, 2015, at 8:57 AM, Marcus Abundis <55m...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am embarrassed to admit

[Fis] Information and Locality. Finale.

2015-09-28 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
n groups would have it), people are Nature. Regards, Steven PS. With acknowledgement and respect to the mathematician and astronomer Benjamin Peirce of Harvard University (1809-1880). -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith, Los Gatos, California. +1-650-308-8611 h

Re: [Fis] [Fwd: Information And Locality, Addendum's]--Steven

2015-10-02 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
on > with Howard's and Bob's criticisms on the "dead" approach to > cosmological matters. I do not venture to expose my own naive views, > rather will repeat a wonderful sentence from Michael Conrad (1996): "When > we look at a biological system we are

Re: [Fis] Five Momenta

2015-10-20 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
Dear Pedro and List, A note to add that the momenta in Pedro's question of disciplinary scope is very much on my mind as I undertake the final structuring of the content of my book on this now very broad subject. This final restructuring has taken much of my attention over the past week or two,

Re: [Fis] Response to Salthe

2016-02-24 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
Darwin's observations were challenged by the American geologist Clarence King in his "Catastrophe and Evolution" (King 1877), an argument much admired and supported by Charles Peirce. He argues that it is not natural selection by incremental mutation, while indubitable in some minor cases, but the

Re: [Fis] Response to Salthe

2016-02-24 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
For reference you can find a copy of Clarence King's "Catastrophe And Evolution" in the folder "King" here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-c2CVg9ZQsAY2NZcU1mNGVrbFU/view?usp=sharing On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 11:31 AM, Steven Ericsson-Zenith wrote: > Darwin'

Re: [Fis] Response to Salthe

2016-02-24 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
Here is a more direct link. Google drive tricked me :-) https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-c2CVg9ZQsAel9tVktvQmxucUk&usp=sharing On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 11:46 AM, Steven Ericsson-Zenith wrote: > For reference you can find a copy of Clarence King's "Catastrophe And &g

[Fis] "no new and doubtful physical concepts need to be introduced"

2016-07-17 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
n -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith, Los Gatos, California. +1-650-308-8611 http://iase.info <http://iase.info/> signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail ___ Fis mailing list Fis@listas.unizar.es http://listas

Re: [Fis] "no new and doubtful physical concepts need to be introduced"

2016-07-18 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
scale is > never at rest, always choosing. Then there are the consequences of these > choices -- interpretation. Interpretation has a basic physical meaning as > the consequences of the choices. > > STAN > > > On Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 4:39 PM, Steven Ericsson-Zenith <m

[Fis] Experimental verification of an indefinite causal order

2017-03-27 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
ontent/3/3/e1602589 A valuable contribution, if repeated elsewhere. Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith Research Scholar - +1 650 308 8611 Los Gatos, California. ste...@iase.us ___ Fis mailing list Fis@listas.unizar.es http://listas.unizar.

Re: [Fis] The Identity of Ethics

2006-05-02 Thread Steven Ericsson Zenith
Dear List, The recent discussions on ethics are bewildering and irrationally vague. What, for example, does "integrity" mean? Did I miss a formal definition of it? And what, exactly, is "a much deeper knowledge" - this distinct between integral and intellectual simply makes no sense to me. In

Re: [Fis] The Identity of Ethics

2006-05-08 Thread Steven Ericsson Zenith
Dear Pedro, I think we set our sights too low and we give up too soon if the best we can do is treat ethics as "the art of moral problem solving." The conflict and horrors in the social orders of our species follows directly from such ambiguity. Earlier attempts may be incomplete or failed

Re: [Fis] The Identity of Ethics

2006-05-10 Thread Steven Ericsson Zenith
In response to Michael Nagenborg. We surely have nothing to fear from knowing how ethics work in the world and applying that knowledge can only help us all. Any effort to establish a science of ethics can only be done without prejudice and by following wherever it leads. We cannot expect it

Re: [Fis] QUANTUM INFORMATION

2006-05-18 Thread Steven Ericsson Zenith
from Missouri" (the "show me" state) - I will wait until they actually have something to show before passing judgment. With respect, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith SEMEIOSIS RESEARCH INSTITUTE for ADVANCED SCIENCE & ENGINEERING http://www.semeiosis.org http://iase.info

[Fis] Quantum Information - Probability Functions and Information

2006-06-09 Thread Steven Ericsson Zenith
, but they are founded upon the aggregation of individual behavior. Their ontological status is derived from the behavior of individuals, not by their own account. With respect, Steven -- Dr. Steven Ericsson Zenith INSTITUTE for ADVANCED SCIENCE & ENGINEERING Palo Alto, California http://

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