Re: The unreasonable Effectiveness of ABMs in ComplexSystems

Posted by Nick Thompson on Apr 29, 2009; 3:22am
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Re-The-unreasonable-Effectiveness-of-ABMs-in-ComplexSystems-tp2737192p2738408.html

Fair question, Tom

(1) Because I already have scientists around me to talk to, but no
philosophers

(2) The texts I am struggling most with are written by philosophers.  

Nick

Nicholas S. Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology,
Clark University ([hidden email])
http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/




> [Original Message]
> From: Owen Densmore <[hidden email]>
> To: <[hidden email]>; The Friday Morning Applied Complexity
Coffee Group <[hidden email]>
> Date: 4/28/2009 8:51:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] The unreasonable Effectiveness of ABMs in
ComplexSystems

>
> On Apr 28, 2009, at 8:31 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote:
> > I wish the hell some you smart folks were reading this book with me:
> >
> > Bedau and Humphreys, EMERGENCE.  MIT 2008.
> >
> > Does anybody know a good philosopher or two with time on their hands?
>
> Just out of curiosity: why a philosopher?  Why not a scientist/
> mathematician?  The book looked interesting when you brought it to  
> Friam.
>
>      -- Owen
>
>

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