Posted by
Nick Thompson on
Apr 29, 2009; 3:35am
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Re-The-unreasonable-Effectiveness-of-ABMs-in-ComplexSystems-tp2737192p2738453.html
Owen;
Now that's just silly. You cant hate philosophers and love mathematicians.
It's essentially the same project.
N
Nicholas S. Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology,
Clark University (
[hidden email])
http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/> [Original Message]
> From: Owen Densmore <
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> To: <
[hidden email]>; The Friday Morning Applied Complexity
Coffee Group <
[hidden email]>
> Date: 4/28/2009 9:31:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] The unreasonable Effectiveness of ABMs in
ComplexSystems
>
> Lose the philosophers.
>
> -- Owen
>
>
> On Apr 28, 2009, at 9:22 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote:
>
> > 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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