Re: Re: Re: Re: The objective world of autopoesis

2012-10-20 Thread Roger Clough
tence of certain features of qualia. As such, the nature and existence of qualia are controversial." Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 10/20/2012 "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: Terren Suydam R

Re: Re: Re: The objective world of autopoesis

2012-10-19 Thread Terren Suydam
ki/Orch-OR > > Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net > 10/19/2012 > "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen > > > - Receiving the following content - > From: Terren Suydam > Receiver: everything-list > Time: 2012-10-18, 15:28:22 &

Re: Re: Re: The objective world of autopoesis

2012-10-19 Thread Roger Clough
eiving the following content - From: Terren Suydam Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-10-18, 15:28:22 Subject: Re: Re: The objective world of autopoesis Hi Roger, A quale as I understand it is simply a "unit" of subjective experience. It's a bit of an abstraction since ex

Re: Re: The objective world of autopoesis

2012-10-18 Thread Terren Suydam
s, > I agree, but if we accept that consciousness arises from, or is the > inside-view of, certain 3p structures, then theorizing about those 3p > structures can yield testable claims about consciousness. > > ROGER: That is the main thrust of the discussion here. > In my view, there is the su

Re: Re: The objective world of autopoesis

2012-10-18 Thread Roger Clough
3p structures can yield testable claims about consciousness. ROGER: That is the main thrust of the discussion here. In my view, there is the subjective experience (which I am trying to understand), and then there is the description of that experience, I think we call 3p, which I think is what most

Re: The objective world of autopoesis

2012-10-17 Thread Roberto
Hello people, right spelling is autopoiesis and to better understanding I recommend reading "Autopoiesis and Cognition" and "The Tree of Knowledge" from Maturana et Varela. Roberto Szabó Em 17/10/2012, às 09:25, "Roger Clough" escreveu: > Hi Terren Suydam

Re: The objective world of autopoesis

2012-10-17 Thread Terren Suydam
es, then theorizing about those 3p structures can yield testable claims about consciousness. Terren On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 8:25 AM, Roger Clough wrote: > Hi Terren Suydam > > IMHO autopoesis, like all of AI, is a tool for the public, objective > world (Thirdness) > That

Re: autopoesis

2012-10-17 Thread Terren Suydam
ance in the theory, I would say. > > Bruno > > > > >> >> Thanks for the link to Barry McMullin... interesting stuff. >> >> Terren >> >> On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Russell Standish >> wrote: >>> >>> Whilst I agree wit

Re: autopoesis

2012-10-17 Thread Bruno Marchal
ullin... interesting stuff. Terren On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Russell Standish > wrote: Whilst I agree with Terren that autopoesis is an important part of what it is to be alive, it is not a very practical thing to measure. I wouldn't know if my artificial life simulations were auto

The objective world of autopoesis

2012-10-17 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Terren Suydam IMHO autopoesis, like all of AI, is a tool for the public, objective world (Thirdness) That is fine, but the real nitty-gritty (such as mind or consciousness) dwells in subjective experiences (quale) (Firstness). So I don't find autopoesis that usef

Re: Re: Re: autopoesis

2012-10-16 Thread Terren Suydam
merge until well after its conception. Thanks for the link to Barry McMullin... interesting stuff. Terren On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Russell Standish wrote: > Whilst I agree with Terren that autopoesis is an important part of > what it is to be alive, it is not a very practical thing

Re: Re: Re: autopoesis

2012-10-15 Thread Russell Standish
Whilst I agree with Terren that autopoesis is an important part of what it is to be alive, it is not a very practical thing to measure. I wouldn't know if my artificial life simulations were autopoetic or not, except where the concept has been explicitly designed in (eg see Barry McMul

Re: Re: Re: autopoesis

2012-10-15 Thread Roger Clough
/2012 "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen - Receiving the following content - From: Terren Suydam Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-10-15, 11:23:43 Subject: Re: Re: autopoesis Hi Roger, I'm interested in the thought process that led you t

Re: Re: autopoesis

2012-10-15 Thread Terren Suydam
nding autonomy. Best, Terren On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Roger Clough wrote: > Hi Platonist Guitar Cowboy > > I agree. > > I was wrong about autopoesis. It is > a mind-boggling definition of life, > maybe not even that. > > > Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.ne

Re: Re: autopoesis

2012-10-15 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Platonist Guitar Cowboy I agree. I was wrong about autopoesis. It is a mind-boggling definition of life, maybe not even that. Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 10/15/2012 "Forever is a long time, especially near the end." -Woody Allen - Receiving the followi

Re: autopoesis

2012-10-14 Thread Platonist Guitar Cowboy
Hi Roger, On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Roger Clough wrote: > > Autopoesis is a useful definition for life. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autopoiesis > > > Autopoiesis (from Greek a?to- (auto-), meaning "self", and p???s?? > (poiesis), meaning "

autopoesis

2012-10-14 Thread Roger Clough
Autopoesis is a useful definition for life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autopoiesis Autopoiesis (from Greek a?to- (auto-), meaning "self", and p???s?? (poiesis), meaning "creation, production") literally means "self-creation" and expresses a fundamental dialec