Re: [FRIAM] What is an agent [was: Philosophy and Science}

2023-07-16 Thread Russ Abbott
Nick, I just asked Eric for examples. Your examples confuse me because I don't see how you relate them to agenthood. Are you really suggesting that you think of waves and puddles as agents? My suggestion was that you need some sort of internal decision-making mechanism to qualify as an agent. I

Re: [FRIAM] What is an agent [was: Philosophy and Science}

2023-07-16 Thread Russ Abbott
Eric, Thanks for your thoughtful additional thoughts. To make it easier for me to understand where you are going, would it be possible to include a prototypical example for each of your categories? Thanks. -- Russ On Fri, Jul 14, 2023 at 5:30 PM David Eric Smith wrote: > I have had a