Re: [Fis] THE NEW YEAR ESSAY AND FOUR GREAT SCIENTIFIC DOMAINS Fis Digest, Vol 10, Issue 11

2015-01-18 Thread Terrence W. DEACON
References for Deacon comments (Jan 18) Deacon, T. W. (2012) Incomplete Nature: How Mind Emerged from Matter. W. W. Norton & Co., New York . Haldane, J. B. S. (1954) The origin of life. New Biol 16, 12–27. Kant, I. (1790/1952) The Critique of Judgement: II Teleological Judgement. Trans. J. C. Me

Re: [Fis] THE NEW YEAR ESSAY AND FOUR GREAT SCIENTIFIC DOMAINS Fis Digest, Vol 10, Issue 11

2015-01-18 Thread Terrence W. DEACON
Typo in line 7 (correction) experimentally determine whether or *not* it "works" as proposed. On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 1:20 PM, Terrence W. DEACON wrote: > Gordana's response provides a wonderful opening for digging into some of > the most challenging and subtle issues lurking behind this essay.

Re: [Fis] THE NEW YEAR ESSAY AND FOUR GREAT SCIENTIFIC DOMAINS Fis Digest, Vol 10, Issue 11

2015-01-18 Thread Terrence W. DEACON
Gordana's response provides a wonderful opening for digging into some of the most challenging and subtle issues lurking behind this essay. For now I will respond to the comparison between autopoiesis and autogenesis and what can and cannot be learned from each. In many ways this comparison is at t

[Fis] THE NEW YEAR ESSAY AND FOUR GREAT SCIENTIFIC DOMAINS Fis Digest, Vol 10, Issue 11

2015-01-18 Thread Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic
Dear colleagues, Even though I agree with all Jeremy writes in his new post, I would still return back to the opposite side (where Pedro’s previous post left us) and try to think about the big picture. I am sure there will be many FISers who will take the challenge of discussing the details of