Re: [Fis] The world of singularities, beyond language. Necessity and Sufficiency

2011-05-07 Thread Robert Ulanowicz
Quoting Loet Leydesdorff : > > Because it is essentially a mathematical theory, information theory, > in my opinion, can be made relevant (that is, provided with meaning) > in all kind of contexts, and these various contexts can be used to > formalize mechanisms which can then be more abstra

Re: [Fis] The world of singularities, beyond language. Necessity and Sufficiency

2011-05-07 Thread Loet Leydesdorff
..@nifty.com] Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2011 1:53 PM To: 'Loet Leydesdorff'; joe.bren...@bluewin.ch; pcmarijuan.i...@aragon.es; fis@listas.unizar.es Subject: RE: [Fis] The world of singularities, beyond language. Necessity and Sufficiency Dear Loet and All, Your remark “what i

Re: [Fis] The world of singularities, beyond language. Necessity and Sufficiency

2011-05-07 Thread Koichiro Matsuno
Dear Loet and All, Your remark “what is communicated and why?” sounds suggestive in many respects. If the question is paraphrased into “what is communicated by what?”, the perennially perplexing issue of what is time would come up to the surface once again since the temporality of communi

Re: [Fis] The world of singularities, beyond language. Necessity and Sufficiency

2011-05-07 Thread Loet Leydesdorff
: pcmarijuan.i...@aragon.es; fis@listas.unizar.es Subject: [Fis] The world of singularities, beyond language. Necessity and Sufficiency Dear Pedro and All, Pedro is correct in calling our attention to a Neurodynamic Central Theory (NCT) as a necessary, essential component of a proper Theory of

[Fis] The world of singularities, beyond language. Necessity and Sufficiency

2011-05-06 Thread joe.bren...@bluewin.ch
ntific findings, but insists they must inform one another. Thank you and best wishes, Ursprüngliche Nachricht Von: pcmarijuan.i...@aragon.es Datum: 06.05.2011 13:59 An: Betreff: [Fis] The world of singularities, beyond language Dear Joseph and colleagues, In some importan

[Fis] The world of singularities, beyond language

2011-05-06 Thread Pedro C. Marijuan
rward to the Taborsky opus to help develop this approach. Best regards, Joseph Ursprüngliche Nachricht Von: pcmarijuan.i...@aragon.es Datum: 05.05.2011 14:36 An: Betreff: [Fis] The world of singularities, beyond language - John Collier Message from Joh

Re: [Fis] The world of singularities, beyond language - John Collier

2011-05-05 Thread joe.bren...@bluewin.ch
processes, his "Logic of Energy" (1951), may be required. I am looking forward to the Taborsky opus to help develop this approach. Best regards, Joseph Ursprüngliche Nachricht Von: pcmarijuan.i...@aragon.es Datum: 05.05.2011 14:36 An: Betreff: [Fis] The world of singularit

Re: [Fis] The world of singularities, beyond language]

2011-05-05 Thread Pedro C. Marijuan
Participants are reminded the rule of only two messages per week!! ---Pedro Rafael Capurro escribió: well... not exactly. This is the way Hegel (and others) looked at it, discarding the 'singulars' or including them into the particulars and so creating a dialectics of the universal and the par

Re: [Fis] The world of singularities, beyond language - Discussion on INFORMATION THEORY--Karl

2011-05-05 Thread Rafael Capurro
well... not exactly. This is the way Hegel (and others) looked at it, discarding the 'singulars' or including them into the particulars and so creating a dialectics of the universal and the particular. Kierkegaard was not at all happy with this. What I am trying to say (quoting Octavio Paz) is

Re: [Fis] The world of singularities, beyond language - Discussion on INFORMATION THEORY--Karl

2011-05-05 Thread Robert Ulanowicz
Dear Rafael & Gordana, What we are discussing here is the difference between universals and particulars. Universal laws can only be stated in terms of universal variables (mass, energy, etc. The "pleroma" of Bateson). The particular, the asymmetric, the contingent are all constrained, but

[Fis] The world of singularities, beyond language - John Collier

2011-05-05 Thread Pedro C. Marijuan
Message from John Colier Hi all, This is interesting, as it brings up some ancient issues that continue to roil philosophy. I think that C.S. Peirce has the best answer to these puzzles (and does not eliminate the wonder). For his (realist) pragmatacism