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Date: | 2006-07-28 (14:39) |
From: | Oliver Bandel <oliver@f...> |
Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] To Dissect a Mockingbird |
Hello, On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 04:15:54PM +0200, Dr. Axel Poign wrote: > I am the happy owner of a copy of Spencer-Browns book which I got > interested in in the early 70's. I actually found the book in > Blackwell's in Oxford, where it was in the section "Religions" (nomen > est omen?). Further I own a manuscript on "The Arithmetic of > closure" by Francisco Varela Can you send me a copy of this paper? (scanned or as paper-copies)?! (Or at least mention, where to find it (ISBN)?!) > (then at the Department of Anatomy at > the University of Colorado, Denver) who related Spencer-Brown to > Scott's work, and finally as a more accessible reference: > > A Calculus for Self-Reference > Francisco Varela > Int. Journal General Systems, 1975, Vol.2, p.8-34 > Gordon and Breach Scientific Publishers Ltd. > Great Britain This one I have somewhere in my paper copies; I found this article in a library. But to understand it, I first have to jump into LoF-details. Some poeple said they had to re-read this book many times, until they really understand it. I hope to be faster here ;-) > > The stuff is quite interesting reading for historical reasons. Only for that reasons? LoF seems to be - even if it's mentioned that it's a mathematical book - quite good for philosophical reasoning, and makes sense in a cybernetics-context (cybernetics, radical constructivism, Heinz von Foerster, Maturana, ...). And therefore there is a linkage to Zen/Buddhism (for example look at Heinz von Foerster's text "Objects: Tokens for Eigen-Behaviors", in german: "Gegenstände: greifbare Symbole für (Eigen-)Verhalten"). Also interesting on this topic: Maturana's work. But before we will be too off-topic, I will stop here. ;-) Best, Oliver Bandel -- "Objectivity is a subject's delusion that observing can be done without him." (Heinz von Foerster)