To List, especially Victoria and Gary:
I would like to add a few comments to these highly controversial
posts on Peirce and Prigogine.
Before you a priori reject these comments as being scientifically
illiterate,
I feel that I ought to say a few words relevant to my point of view.
List,
Just wanted to note that I'm having second thoughts about the idea that decay
is not an end!
But I'll keep it at least somewhat short because Jerry LR Chandler's post looks
interesting. (I read some things at http://www.hyle.org/ (philosophy of
chemistry) a few years ago, including
Ben, Victoria, Jerry,
I may not be responding properly to your messages for a few days because
i have a deadline to deal with first. But in the meantime --
For Victoria (and anyone else who cares to look), i've excerpted some
pieces from my work in progress that develop a concept of
