For me, analog, in the sense: "Of, relating to, or being a device in which data are represented by continuously variable, measurable, physical quantities, such as length, width, voltage, or pressure." The American Heritage� Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright � 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
In contrast to digital, in the sense of: "A description of data which is stored or transmitted as a sequence of discrete symbols from a finite set, most commonly this means binary data represented using electronic or electromagnetic signals." The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, � 1993-2005 Denis Howe Gregory Severance > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: Note towards a foundational phenomenology of > analogic/discrete > From: Lanny Quarles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, May 10, 2005 5:15 pm > To: [email protected] > > isn't that a strange term? but do a google search > on it and you'll find a wealth of contexts for the term. > my guess is its fairly synonymous with analogical > > here's another paper mentioning the "analogly coded" > which i take to mean in one sense "alive" though perhaps > it has more to do inside-outsides/outside-insides in a stricter > sense.. you tell me! :) > > http://www.molbio.ku.dk/MolBioPages/abk/PersonalPages/Jesper/Surfaces.h > tml > > > > > > > > > I'm just not sure what 'analogly coded' actually means. > > > > Thanks! - Alan > > > > > > On Tue, 10 May 2005, Lanny Quarles wrote: > > > > > thought this bit about "code duality" and the biosemiotics take > > > on the analog and the digital might be of interest here. > > > Wonderful to read this kind of work Alan, Thanks! > > > > > > lq > > > > > > Life, then, exhibits a non-trivial, semiotic, interaction between > two > > > co-existing messages, the analogly coded message of the organism > > > itself and its redescription in the digital code of DNA. This > > > principle has been termed code-duality (Hoffmeyer and Emmeche > 1991). > > > As analogly coded messages the organisms recognise and interact > with > > > each other in the ecological space, while as digitally coded > messages > > > they (after eventual recombination through meiosis and > fertilisation > > > in sexually reproducing species) are passively carried forward in > time > > > between generations. The essence of heredity is �semiotic > survival� . > > > > > > The joint emergence on our planet of life and code-duality brought > us > > > from the sphere of difference to the sphere of distinction, i.e. > > > information in the sense of Gregory Bateson's famous definition: "a > > > difference which makes a difference" (Bateson 1970), which is in > fact > > > quite close to a sign in the sense of Peirce. Sebeok�s prophesy > > > that �a full understanding of the dynamics of semiosis may in the > last > > > analysis turn out to be no less than the definition of life� is > worth > > > mentioning in this connection (Sebeok 1979). > > > > > > > ( URLs/DVDs/CDroms/books/etc. see > http://www.asondheim.org/advert.txt ) > ( URLs/DVDs/CDroms/books/etc. see http://www.asondheim.org/advert.txt )
