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Re: The unreasonable Effectiveness of ABMs in ComplexSystems

Posted by Russell Gonnering on Apr 29, 2009; 1:24pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Re-The-unreasonable-Effectiveness-of-ABMs-in-ComplexSystems-tp2737192p2740498.html

Just my two cents-ontology, epistemology and emergence are certainly  
not mutually exclusive at all:

www.cognitive-edge.com

--Russ
On Apr 28, 2009, at 10:58 PM, Steve Smith wrote:

> Owen Densmore wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
> I'd recommend a Scientist with good Mathematical skills who also  
> understands the broader context of Science and Mathematics which  
> probably makes them something of a Philosopher as well.
>
> There are plenty of Philosophers who would not have much to offer  
> here, but possibly as many Scientists and Mathematicians as well.
>
> - Steve
>
> PS. re: Bedau and Humphreys, EMERGENCE.  MIT 2008.  - I'd be reading  
> it myself I weren't so busy reading (and writing) all these e-mails!
>
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