Re: [FRIAM] Re-ignition?... and free will

2009-08-16 Thread Russell Gonnering
Eric- Interesting quote. Free will is obviously a discussion that is endless. It separates the CAS of humanity from that of ants, bees and termites. Are we closer to the edge of chaos and creativity because of free will. I think so. Is there a possible theological implication of

[FRIAM] Re-ignition?

2009-08-14 Thread Russell Gonnering
Not to stir the philosophical pot too much, but I spent a delightful day with David Snowden this past week. He started his discussion with a quote from Seneca: “The greatest loss of time is delay expectation, which depend upon the future. We let go the present, which we have in our

Re: [FRIAM] Re-ignition?

2009-08-14 Thread Douglas Roberts
Our sense perceptions, when thus treated as the paralogisms of natural reason, can never, as a whole, furnish a true and demonstrated science, because, like metaphysics, they exclude the possibility of problematic principles, as is shown in the writings of Aristotle. -- Our understanding (and

Re: [FRIAM] Re-ignition?

2009-08-14 Thread Roger Critchlow
Since gibberish generators are inherently discipline free, the rule should be to only mock one's own technobabble. -- rec -- FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures,

Re: [FRIAM] Re-ignition?

2009-08-14 Thread Douglas Roberts
Quite good! I'll add that one to the list. --Doug Certainly, the never-ending regress in the series of empirical conditions can be treated like our understanding, as any dedicated reader can clearly see. On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Roger Critchlow r...@elf.org wrote: Since gibberish

Re: [FRIAM] Re-ignition?

2009-08-14 Thread Victoria Hughes
a-HA! JUST as I thought. Or sensed. Or experienced. Tory On Aug 14, 2009, at 12:20 PM, Douglas Roberts wrote: Our sense perceptions, when thus treated as the paralogisms of natural reason, can never, as a whole, furnish a true and demonstrated science, because, like metaphysics, they