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Re: The unreasonable Effectiveness of ABMs in ComplexSystems

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 <[hidden email]>
> 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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