Re: [Fis] Neuroscience of art/optimization

2008-09-23 Thread Pedro C. Marijuan
Dear FIS colleagues, First of all, let me welcome Sonu Bhaskar, and also John Onian, it is a pleasure reading their exciting contributions to the list. About the 10 universal laws of art by Ramachandran, well, reading the web reference kindly included by Sonu, one can see that the terms are

Re: [Fis] Neuroscience of art

2008-09-21 Thread Joseph Brenner
Dear Lauri, You wrote: Laws should be independent of each other. Why? Who says so? Cheers, Joseph - Original Message - From: Lauri Gröhn To: fis@listas.unizar.es Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [Fis] Neuroscience of art Hi all, I am

Re: [Fis] Neuroscience of art

2008-09-21 Thread Jerry LR Chandler
Prof. Grohn, List: I am curious about what you are seeking to communicate when you write: I am afraid that list can't be validated as a set laws. Laws should be independent of each other. What is the rational for your feelings about law (singular) vs laws (plural)? Is it necessary

Re: [Fis] Neuroscience of art

2008-09-21 Thread Stanley Salthe
Lauri -- Well, let's see: (1) First Law of thermodynamics: The total energy of a thermodynamically isolated system remains unchanged. (2) Second Law of thermodynamics: If there are any energy gradients in a system, they undergo transformations from one form to another, with some of it

Re: [Fis] Neuroscience of art

2008-09-18 Thread John Collier
At 05:30 PM 2008/09/18, Sonu Bhaskar wrote: Dear FIS Colleagues, The cognizance between the art and cognitive neuroscience has been relatively ignored in the scientific fraternity. The recent proposition regarding the ten laws of art, as Dr. V. S. Ramachandran puts it, has ignited a new debate