Message from John Collier
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Fecha: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:29:17 +0200
De: John Collier <colli...@ukzn.ac.za>
Para: Pedro C. Marijuan <pcmarijuan.i...@aragon.es>
A response to Jerry
A series of responses to recent posts of James, Gavin, Steven, Stan,
Pedro, zyx, Joe, and koichiro.
FIS response March 14, 2011
I often disagree with Jerry, but in this case I endorse pretty much
everything he says. Our disagreements have been beneficial to my own
understanding, even if I have not been able to revise my views.
On a different note, I draw the members of this list to
http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/indepth/44680
*An inordinate fondness for bits*
I have a copy of this book, and I find some of the papers quite
bizarre, which is unusual for me as I am typically open to broad
notions of the nature of information. There are many chapters by
authors I know and greatly respect, and largely agree with, so overall
I can recommend the book. But I also agree with the reviewer that
there are rather extreme but interesting views in the last part. My
brief exposure to Sufism is that God is Hu, the first distinction.The
idea is that of a breath that separates chaos from order. As I believe
that information is grounded in distinctions, I cannot reject this
notion, though I would be very reluctant to call it God.
Best to all,
John
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Philosophy and Ethics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4041 South
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