I appreciate your comments in good humor and I acknowledge that further
explanation is required. As I said, really better I say nothing until I am
prepared to spend the time justifying my comments. I accept John's criticism. (01)
The only reason I cannot linger is that precisely what you and John justifiably
request is underway and due to be delivered as a book in October. Although this
book does not relate directly to my work on concept analysis and is more
directly focused upon how the attempt to mathematize biophysics informs the
foundations of logic and apprehension (and computation). It does, however, deal
with basic questions of scientific epistemology. (02)
So, my apologies, when I have finished the book, I will have more time to
engage. (03)
Regards,
Steven (04)
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Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering
http://iase.info (05)
On Aug 14, 2013, at 3:13 PM, "Bruce Schuman" <bruceschuman@xxxxxxx> wrote: (06)
> Bruce: Just had to laugh, this is a perfect illustration regarding the
>"unpacking" of implicit (tacit) stipulated meaning --not only regarding a few
>broad principles (such as the way complex meaning is tacitly embedded in brief
>abstractions), but also highlighting a very common fundamental driver of the
>entire process: psychological economy (time and/or energy to make things
>clearer).
>
> There's a whole bunch of interesting things on this web site -
>http://iase.info – but I gotta agree with John.
>
> JS: I am highly skeptical of one-sentence summaries, especially when they
>contain five vague and highly debatable notions: self-referencing, embody,
>natural, epistemology, and ground.
>
> Bruce: Every one of those five terms is highly value-laden, involving a
>complex/specific definition that “must be stipulated” by somebody – and
>negotiated with whoever the speaker is addressing to make sure the terms are
>clear and understood. Getting all that done is a lot of work. J
>
> If we’re talking about some kind of “universal ontology” on all this stuff
>(laugh again) – I think we gotta put some “negotiation software” in there
>somewhere. Maybe “diplomacy software”. Let’s get the dimensions lined up
>right (“apples and oranges”) and then everybody push hard (and play nice) for
>their team --
>
> I used to be into “relaxation methods” for balancing load stress. Maybe
>that’s what we need JJ
>
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>
> I currently have only time for the passing comment. Better for me to say
>nothing, I agree.
>
> Steven
>
> --
> Dr. Steven Ericsson-Zenith
> Institute for Advanced Science & Engineering
> http://iase.info
>
>
>
> On Aug 13, 2013, at 7:44 PM, John F Sowa <sowa@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Steven,
> >> The reason that these approaches fail is that they are
> >> self-referencing and embody neither a natural epistemology nor ground.
> >
> > I am highly skeptical of one-sentence summaries, especially when they
> > contain five vague and highly debatable notions: self-referencing,
> > embody, natural, epistemology, and ground.
> >
> > I have a high regard for the people who have been doing that research
> > over the past half century. I won't claim that they have examined
> > every possible approach from every possible point of view. But any
> > claim that they have overlooked something that could be summarized in
> > one line would require much more justification.
>
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