I intend to check the mail in a few minutes. I am not doing it now. Nobody else knows of my plan until you read this. Why can't I validly say that I have that intention?
--- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Tue, Oct 20, 2020, 2:27 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > Russ, > > > > I have not had time to follow this thread, but just want to remind you > what my first response to your question would be. Intentions are not the > sorts of thing we “have”. They are things that we do. They are of a > higher order than knee jerks, or even apple bites, but they are patterns > in behavior all the same. > > > > I have busy because I signed up to do all sorts of things in September > because I had nothing to do, and to my horror and surprise, every thing I > signed up for, bore fruit and now I am overwhelmed. I have a prejudice > against Dennett. I think he worries too much about his standing with the > Big Kids at Harvard and trying NOT to violate vernacular ways of thinking > so much as to dent his royalties. And I am jealous of him. > > > > So there. > > > > Hope you are well > > > > Nick > > > > Nicholas Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology > > Clark University > > [email protected] > > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > > > > > > *From:* Friam <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Russ Abbott > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 20, 2020 12:07 PM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Dennett on agency > > > > Not sure what the point is. Larger systems can exploit information and > "pick of scars." Cells in that sense are larger systems. I'm confused about > what that is supposed to add to the discussion. > > > > Computer programs can certainly be described using intentional language. > Does that mean that a computer program can have intention? If so, that > seems to degrade the notion of intent. > > > > -- Russ Abbott > Professor, Computer Science > California State University, Los Angeles > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 9:23 AM jon zingale <[email protected]> wrote: > > ... and why tornados fail to have it. A key feature appears to be that > agents > have a history that makes a difference, can exploit information the way a > thermostat can. Electrons or molecular motors, for instance, don't pick up > scratches or scars. Sean Carroll adds that agents participate in the arrow > of time. > > Queued up to the relevant part of the discussion: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yZw4wxvnVQ&ab_channel=SeanCarroll&t=1670s > > > > -- > Sent from: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >
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