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

2016-05-02 Thread Alex Hankey
Dear Bruno, You have brought up a vitally important question. Thank you so very much. Best wishes Alex RE Bruno: How could the quantum correlations existence be definite if nothing is objective? ME: It does not really matter what the nature of the reality is, either strongly objective (denied

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

2016-05-02 Thread Alex Hankey
RE Bruno Marchal: Gödel's theorem implies that machines which are looking at themselves (in a precise technical sense) develop a series of distinct phenomenologies (arguably corresponding to justifiable, knowable, observable, sensible). ME: I find this a fascinating observation in that you are

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

2016-05-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
On 02 May 2016, at 03:38, Maxine Sheets-Johnstone wrote: To all concerned colleagues, I appreciate the fact that discussions should be conversations about issues, but this particular issue and in particular the critique cited in my posting warrant extended exposition in order to show the

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

2016-05-02 Thread Bruno Marchal
Hi Alex, On 02 May 2016, at 08:30, Alex Hankey wrote: RE Bruno Marchal: It is easier to explain the illusion of matter to something conscious than to explain the illusion of consciousness to something material. ME: At the Consciousness Conference I found it extraordinary that at least

[Fis] FIS Discussion (No Vol #)

2016-05-02 Thread Alex Hankey
RE Bruno Marchal: It is easier to explain the illusion of matter to something conscious than to explain the illusion of consciousness to something material. ME: At the Consciousness Conference I found it extraordinary that at least one plenary presentation was centered round treating the wave

[Fis] _ Discussion

2016-04-11 Thread Maxine Sheets-Johnstone
sense of open inquiry is apparent in the literature he cites in conjunction with his articles and books. His recent article in Biological Cybernetics that focuses on “Agency” is strikingly relevant to the present FIS discussion. It takes experience into account, specifically in the form

Re: [Fis] DISCUSSION SESSION: INFOBIOSEMIOTICS

2016-04-10 Thread Mark Johnson
I'd be interested to know whether "mattering" is considered within "meaning". I suspect "mattering" is distinct. thinking aloud Science isn't just meaningful. It matters to scientists. Perhaps it's only because it matters to some people, it exists. Re. meaning, I think the connection

Re: [Fis] DISCUSSION SESSION: INFOBIOSEMIOTICS

2016-04-10 Thread Francesco Rizzo
Caro Karl, la chiamiamo natura, ma è tutta arte. A. Einstein e S. Hawking pensavano che Dio non giocasse a dadi. Il primo non ha avuto il tempo di ricredersi, il secondo si. Ha perso una scommessa, circa la non emissione di informazione da parte dei buchi neri sostenuta nel 1975, dopo (2004-5) ha

Re: [Fis] DISCUSSION SESSION: INFOBIOSEMIOTICS

2016-04-08 Thread Pedro C. Marijuan
rk. And the question is still being asked. Best Christophe *De :* Søren Brier <sb@cbs.dk> *Envoyé :* mercredi 6 avril 2016 02:04 *À :* 'Christophe' *Cc :* fis@listas.unizar.es *Objet :* SV: [Fis] _ DISCUSSION SESSION: INFOBIOSEMIOTICS Dear Christ

Re: [Fis] _ DISCUSSION SESSION: INFOBIOSEMIOTICS

2016-04-04 Thread Loet Leydesdorff
Dear Soren, It is very strange for me to read yours –as usual very learned – text, because your understanding of what it is I am trying to do is so different from my own understanding. Though I have had great pleasure of reading you works over the years I am not sure that you have read much of

Re: [Fis] _ DISCUSSION SESSION: INFOBIOSEMIOTICS

2016-04-03 Thread Loet Leydesdorff
Dear Soren, In my opinion, there are two issues here (again J ): 1. the issue of non-verbal (e.g., bodily) communication; 2. the meta-biological or transdisciplinary integration vs. the differentiation among the disciplines. Ad 1. Although I don't agree with Luhmann on many things,

Re: [Fis] _ DISCUSSION SESSION: INFOBIOSEMIOTICS

2016-04-02 Thread Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic
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[Fis] _ DISCUSSION SESSION: INFOBIOSEMIOTICS

2016-04-01 Thread Pedro C. Marijuan
Dear FIS Colleagues, I am attaching herein Soeren's presentation. If you have any trouble with the attachment, the file is in fis web pages too: http://fis.sciforum.net/fis-discussion-sessions/ By clicking on Soeren Brier's session (highlighted in red) you can immediately obtain

[Fis] Discussion Recap.

2013-10-31 Thread Raquel del Moral
Hi to everyone, Sorry for my tardiness (life within a PhD is not very easy!) First, I am happy that every body has agreed on the conceptual chain genotype-phenotype-sociotype. For me that's important, as it is one of the foundations of my own work and the research project associated. I return

Re: [Fis] Discussion Recap.

2013-10-31 Thread Loet Leydesdorff
Ok, but in order to understand the emerging macro-variables of the social structure, one must always take into account the whole cognitive capabilities of the individual. Dear Raquel and colleagues, It seems to me that this misses the point that the non-linear dynamics of the macro-system do

[Fis] ongoing FIS discussion

2012-06-08 Thread PEDRO CLEMENTE MARIJUAN FERNANDEZ
- Mensaje original - Message from Bruno Marchal--Hi Jerry, hi List, On 06 Jun 2012, at 17:43, Jerry LR Chandler wrote: but offhand it seems to me to depedn on a sort of idealism that I do not accept. It does not. It does rely on Church thesis,

Re: [Fis] Discussion of Information Science Education

2011-12-05 Thread Krassimir Markov
this. Friendly regards Krassimir From: Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 8:38 PM To: Joseph Brenner Cc: m...@aiu.ac.jp ; Krassimir Markov Subject: RE: [Fis] Discussion of Information Science Education Dear Joseph, Now I have no right to post to the list, but I anyway want

Re: [Fis] Discussion of Information Science Education

2011-12-05 Thread Stanley N Salthe
And it could feature in 'Science for Non-Majors' courses as well. STAN On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 12:44 PM, Guy A Hoelzer hoel...@unr.edu wrote: Hi All, I agree with those who are suggesting that Information Science makes sense as a widely useful way to think about different scientific

Re: [Fis] Discussion of Information Science Education

2011-12-04 Thread Robin Faichney
Saturday, December 3, 2011, 8:43:47 PM, Gavin wrote: I was reading Richard Dawkins book “the greatest show on earth” and almost fell over backwards when I read his comments about life and information. He says the only difference between living matter and non living matter is information. That

Re: [Fis] Discussion of Information Science Education

2011-12-04 Thread Krassimir Markov
by the ancient philosophers. Friendly regards Krassimir -Original Message- From: m...@aiu.ac.jp Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 12:57 PM To: fis Subject: Re: [Fis] Discussion of Information Science Education Dear Colleagues: Thank you for many interesting contributions in the first day

Re: [Fis] Discussion of Information Science Education

2011-12-04 Thread Joseph Brenner
- Original Message - From: Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic To: Loet Leydesdorff Cc: fis@listas.unizar.es Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 10:08 PM Subject: Re: [Fis] Discussion of Information Science Education Dear Loet, I think you made an important point. It is really

[Fis] Discussion of Information Science Education

2011-12-03 Thread mjs
Dear Colleagues: There are some questions which periodically return to FIS discussions without conclusive answers. For instance: What is information? However, the lack of consensus regarding central concept is not an obstacle in the development of Information Science. There is no commonly

Re: [Fis] Discussion of Information Science Education

2011-12-03 Thread Stanley N Salthe
Regarding: Information Science is a perfect tool for integration of curriculum, especially in the context of Liberal Arts education. Which other concept, if not information, can be applied in all possible contexts of education? I would point out that there have been two previous disciplines that

Re: [Fis] Discussion of Information Science Education

2011-12-03 Thread Krassimir Markov
Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 2:23 PM To: PEDRO CLEMENTE MARIJUAN FERNANDEZ ; fis@listas.unizar.es Subject: [Fis] Discussion of Information Science Education Dear Colleagues: There are some questions which periodically return to FIS discussions without conclusive answers. For instance: What

Re: [Fis] Discussion of Information Science Education

2011-12-03 Thread Loet Leydesdorff
/citations?user=ych9gNYJhl=en hl=en -Original Message- From: fis-boun...@listas.unizar.es [mailto:fis-boun...@listas.unizar.es] On Behalf Of m...@aiu.ac.jp Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 1:24 PM To: PEDRO CLEMENTE MARIJUAN FERNANDEZ; fis@listas.unizar.es Subject: [Fis] Discussion

Re: [Fis] Discussion of Information Science Education

2011-12-03 Thread Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic
=ych9gNYJhl=en -Original Message- From: fis-boun...@listas.unizar.es [mailto:fis-boun...@listas.unizar.es] On Behalf Of m...@aiu.ac.jp Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 1:24 PM To: PEDRO CLEMENTE MARIJUAN FERNANDEZ; fis@listas.unizar.es Subject: [Fis] Discussion of Information Science

Re: [Fis] Discussion of Information Science Education

2011-12-03 Thread Steven Ericsson-Zenith
I find this view a little disturbing. If you do not have a definition, of some kind, of the term information. Your claim is simply equivalent to saying that you have no idea what you are talking about. How can you proceed without a clarification of terms? I can at least point toward living

[Fis] FIS Discussion Calendar

2011-09-13 Thread Pedro C. Marijuan
Dear FISers, After the Summer pause it is time to start with the discussion sessions again. This is the tentative calendar for next months: -- CHEMOINFORMATION (and molecular recognition), by Michel Petitjean -- INFORMATION SCIENCE TEACHING, by Marcin Schroeder Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic

Re: [Fis] Discussion on INFORMATION THEORY--Karl

2011-05-04 Thread Rafael Capurro
Dear Pedro you write: There is a large risk of becoming subjective, therefore unitelligible, if one leaves the foreground-background convention of the unified, standard, invariable against chaotic, unpredictable, varied. Is it really like this? or is it like this as seen from the perspective

Re: [Fis] Discussion on INFORMATION THEORY--Karl

2011-05-04 Thread Mark Burgin
On 5/4/2011 3:56 AM, Rafael Capurro wrote: Dear Pedro you write: There is a large risk of becoming subjective, therefore unitelligible, if one leaves the foreground-background convention of the unified, standard, invariable against chaotic, unpredictable, varied. Is it really like this? or is

[Fis] Discussion on INFORMATION THEORY--J.Brenner

2011-05-03 Thread Pedro C. Marijuan
Betreff: [Fis] Discussion on INFORMATION THEORY--Karl Javorszky Message from Karl Javorszky - Information – A Culture Shock Dear Fis, We keep coming back to the Middle Ages. The real achievement

[Fis] Discussion on INFORMATION THEORY--Karl Javorszky

2011-04-29 Thread Pedro C. Marijuan
Message from Karl Javorszky - Information – A Culture Shock Dear Fis, We keep coming back to the Middle Ages. The real achievement of the Fis group is, that here professionals both from biology and the hard sciences

Re: [Fis] Discussion colophon--James Hannam. Orders and Ordering Principles

2011-04-02 Thread Loet Leydesdorff
Dear Joe, However, I rather tend to agree with you that Loet's, Rosen's and Dubois' models of communication, anticipation, etc. are somewhat too abstract. The models, as I think Loet may agree, are created for analysis, and do not define the physical, dynamic relation between the models,

Re: [Fis] Discussion colophon--James Hannam. Orders and Ordering Principles

2011-04-01 Thread Pedro C. Marijuan
Dear FIS colleagues, I have some differences about the epistemic stance recently discussed by Karl, Loet (and in part, Joseph, but he looks more as trying to step on the reality, whatever it is). Basically, their informational subject looks like the abstract, disembodied, non-situated,

Re: [Fis] Discussion colophon--James Hannam. Orders and Ordering Principles

2011-04-01 Thread Loet Leydesdorff
:29 AM To: fis@listas.unizar.es Subject: Re: [Fis] Discussion colophon--James Hannam. Orders and Ordering Principles Dear FIS colleagues, I have some differences about the epistemic stance recently discussed by Karl, Loet (and in part, Joseph, but he looks more as trying to step on the reality

Re: [Fis] Discussion colophon--James Hannam. Orders and OrderingPrinciples

2011-04-01 Thread Krassimir Markov
. I think we made step to the next discussion. It is nice to meet Mark! Friendly regards Krassimir -Original Message- From: Loet Leydesdorff Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 1:14 PM To: 'Pedro C. Marijuan' ; fis@listas.unizar.es Subject: Re: [Fis] Discussion colophon--James Hannam. Orders

Re: [Fis] Discussion colophon--James Hannam. Orders and Ordering Principles

2011-04-01 Thread joe.bren...@bluewin.ch
: 01.04.2011 12:14 An: 'Pedro C. Marijuan'pcmarijuan.i...@aragon.es, fis@listas.unizar.es Betreff: Re: [Fis] Discussion colophon--James Hannam. Orders and Ordering Principles Dear Pedro, I understand that you have some problems with my epistemic stance. Let me try to clarify. Let me go back

Re: [Fis] Discussion colophon--James Hannam. Orders and Ordering Principles

2011-04-01 Thread Stanley N Salthe
part de* joe.bren...@bluewin.ch *Envoyé :* vendredi 1 avril 2011 19:38 *À :* l...@leydesdorff.net; 'Pedro C. Marijuan'; fis@listas.unizar.es *Objet :* Re: [Fis] Discussion colophon--James Hannam. Orders and Ordering Principles Dear Pedro, I do not quite recognize myself in the statement

Re: [Fis] Discussion colophon--James Hannam. Orders and Ordering Principles

2011-04-01 Thread Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic
. that they experience represent their qualia? With best regards, Gordana http://www.mrtc.mdh.se/~gdc/ From: fis-boun...@listas.unizar.es [mailto:fis-boun...@listas.unizar.es] On Behalf Of Stanley N Salthe Sent: den 1 april 2011 21:39 To: fis@listas.unizar.es Subject: Re: [Fis] Discussion

Re: [Fis] Discussion colophon--James Hannam. Orders and Ordering Principles

2011-03-28 Thread joe.bren...@bluewin.ch
to hearing from you. Best wishes, Joseph Ursprüngliche Nachricht Von: karl.javors...@gmail.com Datum: 27.03.2011 11:41 An: Pedro C. Marijuanpcmarijuan.i...@aragon.es Kopie: fis@listas.unizar.es Betreff: Re: [Fis] Discussion colophon--James Hannam Dear James, thank you for the widening

Re: [Fis] Discussion colophon--James Hannam. Orders and Ordering Principles

2011-03-28 Thread Loet Leydesdorff
An: Pedro C. Marijuanpcmarijuan.i...@aragon.es Kopie: fis@listas.unizar.es Betreff: Re: [Fis] Discussion colophon--James Hannam Dear James, thank you for the widening of this discussion. Order and Information Let us not close this session on the historical perspective of the modern concept of Science

Re: [Fis] Discussion colophon--James Hannam. Orders and Ordering Principles

2011-03-28 Thread karl javorszky
. Best wishes, Joseph Ursprüngliche Nachricht Von: karl.javors...@gmail.com Datum: 27.03.2011 11:41 An: Pedro C. Marijuanpcmarijuan.i...@aragon.es Kopie: fis@listas.unizar.es Betreff: Re: [Fis] Discussion colophon--James Hannam Dear James, thank you for the widening

Re: [Fis] Discussion colophon--James Hannam

2011-03-27 Thread karl javorszky
Dear James, thank you for the widening of this discussion. Order and Information Let us not close this session on the historical perspective of the modern concept of Science yet. Loet’s thoughtful remarks about the relation between information and order bring us back to some deep problems they

[Fis] Discussion colophon--James Hannam

2011-03-24 Thread Pedro C. Marijuan
Dear all, Thank you very much to Pedro for asking me to suggest a discussion for the list and to everyone else for indulging me. As a historian, I have learnt that questions I naively thought were quite simple have turned out to be very complicated indeed. The purpose of history, I

Re: [Fis] Discussion colophon--James Hannam

2011-03-24 Thread Loet Leydesdorff
. Marijuan Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 12:02 PM To: fis@listas.unizar.es Subject: [Fis] Discussion colophon--James Hannam Dear all, Thank you very much to Pedro for asking me to suggest a discussion for the list and to everyone else for indulging me. As a historian, I have learnt